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Gwen Morse · 11-03-2010, 11:49 PM

I read obsessively. When I was younger I used to have to wash dishes by hand. I mastered reading any book (including quite thick ones), one handed, and still finishing the dishes fairly quickly. I can hold nearly any book one-handed in such a way that I can turn the pages with my thumb of the same hand. I will say that the spines never recover from this sort of treatment and I don't recommend it for people who enjoy real books.

I sew clothes by hand for the SCA (medieval fun). I embroider. I naalbind and sprang (if those two nouns can be turned into verbs). I tablet weave. I spin copious amounts of wool by hand using a drop-spindle. I crochet a little, although it mostly involves chain-stitching my hand-spun wool into a sort of thicker cord and then not doing anything with it.

I MUD (sort of like World of Warcraft without the graphics). I write macros for my MUD client. I work on PHP scripting. I set up different sorts of linux servers just to see if I can. I own three laptops plus one desktop media center and I'm usually lucky if one of the four works (because I'm constantly tinkering with them).

I study financial and investing books. I research stock and buy it directly from the companies without paying brokers fees.

While doing all of this I listen to audio-books or TTS, when I can't read an ebook while doing the activity involved.

11-03-2010, 11:49 PM	#29
Gwen Morse Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 59872 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New York, USA Device: Kindle 3 (wifi) + nokia n900 tablet phone	I read obsessively. When I was younger I used to have to wash dishes by hand. I mastered reading any book (including quite thick ones), one handed, and still finishing the dishes fairly quickly. I can hold nearly any book one-handed in such a way that I can turn the pages with my thumb of the same hand. I will say that the spines never recover from this sort of treatment and I don't recommend it for people who enjoy real books. I sew clothes by hand for the SCA (medieval fun). I embroider. I naalbind and sprang (if those two nouns can be turned into verbs). I tablet weave. I spin copious amounts of wool by hand using a drop-spindle. I crochet a little, although it mostly involves chain-stitching my hand-spun wool into a sort of thicker cord and then not doing anything with it. I MUD (sort of like World of Warcraft without the graphics). I write macros for my MUD client. I work on PHP scripting. I set up different sorts of linux servers just to see if I can. I own three laptops plus one desktop media center and I'm usually lucky if one of the four works (because I'm constantly tinkering with them). I study financial and investing books. I research stock and buy it directly from the companies without paying brokers fees. While doing all of this I listen to audio-books or TTS, when I can't read an ebook while doing the activity involved.