"I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together."

That's what Ernest Hemingway told me, when I was sort of reading some book of his in the library. I wasn't really reading it. I just like to read the first line or page of a book. A teacher of mine always says that the first line of a book usually sums up the whole story. So, why read the rest? That takes soooo long, plus I have a headache.

Marshall McLuhan said that he would only read every other page of a book, and then if those pages were interesting he'd go back and read the rest. I don't think he actually did that, because he was the sort of thinker who would make things up to prove a point. I guess the point is that you don't have labour over the details to understand a thing. I could say how this affects my study habits, but that would incriminate me.

I try to be a frank and simple person, but I think Ernest (we're on a first name basis) would still trust me, because my story doesn't hold together.

Btw, I deleted the rambling version of this post twice, but it kept undeleting itself. So now I am just reposting it as a new post, without the rambling. Blogger has been effed-up lately.