Comments on: 8 Things That Will Disappear in 10 Years http://blogington.com/8-things-that-will-disappear-in-10-years/ Wed, 09 May 2012 03:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kerry http://blogington.com/8-things-that-will-disappear-in-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-575 kerry Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:00:30 +0000 http://blogington.com/?p=3576#comment-575 the furry catapillar. the praying mantis. perch(type of fish).. blue berrys.. strawberrys.. mountain lion.. the fox... rerrits.. wild honey bees.. more.. i been around 69 years and i see them going.. flowers.. mountain laurrells.. king crown.. wallnet tree.. poppys.. iris.. i could go on.. you people born after 1960. you havent seen.. i did the furry catapillar. the praying mantis.
perch(type of fish).. blue berrys.. strawberrys..
mountain lion.. the fox… rerrits.. wild honey bees.. more.. i been around 69 years and i see them going.. flowers.. mountain laurrells.. king crown..
wallnet tree.. poppys.. iris.. i could go on..
you people born after 1960. you havent seen.. i did

]]> By: Maria B. http://blogington.com/8-things-that-will-disappear-in-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Maria B. Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:49:11 +0000 http://blogington.com/?p=3576#comment-532 I sure hope that REAL books NEVER disappear!! To me, an "ebook" is not a book at all. A book is much more than the information it contains. It's also an object in itself, a thing of beauty to treasure and behold. The sensory delight of holding a book, smelling the ink and paper, turning the pages, even caressing and hugging it, cannot EVER be provided by a cold, lifeless machine. Oh, yes, books -- printed books, that is -- are ALIVE. They actually have a soul. In the old "Star Trek" series, it was the romantic Captain Kirk who had a collection of "antique" books in his cabin aboard the "Enterprise". Of course he read important, Federation documents on a computer. But when he wanted to get lost in the worlds of literature, he turned to his collection, and savored its rare pleasures like those of a fine wine. I have sworn NEVER to buy a Kindle, Nook, or whatever other e-reader is out there. If you gave me one as a gift, I would throw it in the garbage. Reading is a sacred activity, but when it's done on a COLD MACHINE, it becomes an activity utterly devoid of the numinous, and full of the mundane. I sure hope that REAL books NEVER disappear!! To me, an “ebook” is not a book at all. A book is much more than the information it contains. It’s also an object in itself, a thing of beauty to treasure and behold. The sensory delight of holding a book, smelling the ink and paper, turning the pages, even caressing and hugging it, cannot EVER be provided by a cold, lifeless machine. Oh, yes, books — printed books, that is — are ALIVE. They actually have a soul.

In the old “Star Trek” series, it was the romantic Captain Kirk who had a collection of “antique” books in his cabin aboard the “Enterprise”. Of course he read important, Federation documents on a computer. But when he wanted to get lost in the worlds of literature, he turned to his collection, and savored its rare pleasures like those of a fine wine.

I have sworn NEVER to buy a Kindle, Nook, or whatever other e-reader is out there. If you gave me one as a gift, I would throw it in the garbage. Reading is a sacred activity, but when it’s done on a COLD MACHINE, it becomes an activity utterly devoid of the numinous, and full of the mundane.

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