As stated in the previous post, a lot of my day-to-day reading is Internet-based since I don't find as much free time as I'd like to immerse myself in a novel (although, somehow I do have time to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar 900 times a day... hmmm... interesting). Doing this themed post not only allows me to share the interesting things I find, but it also allows me to "save" those articles I find especially interesting for future reference while also allowing me to clean up my out-of-control Bookmarks menu and browser tabs (it is BAD, people). So, here are some more Short Reads for your Sunday enjoyment!
*10 Honest Letters from Busy Parents to Their Kids: As a working mother, this really hit home with me, especially the first letter.
*When Did Women Start Shaving Their Pits: I enjoy the random and informative articles of Mental Floss. For the past four or five years, I have been posting an "Interesting Fact of the Day" in my classroom, and I got many of the facts I have in my arsenal from Mental Floss. I also follow them on Twitter where they post a wide variety of interesting things (although I rarely tweet myself, I do enjoy reading the tweets of others like a total creeper). This is a very short informative article about the history of when and why women began shaving armpits, legs, etc. As much as I'd like to say that shaving stinks and we should all rebel and go back to the old days, truth be told, after a few days of not shaving my legs, it would irritate me so much, I'd have to give in.
*Why Do People REALLY Tweet? The Psychology Behind Tweeting: Speaking of Twitter, here is an interesting read on a couple of theories about people's true motivations for posting about their lives, 140 characters at a time. The person writing the article uses Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as the basis for her theories.
*Six Children's Book Characters Inspired by Real People: More Mental Floss... Even as an adult, I am a big fan of children's books. They have some of the best life lessons and thought-provoking themes. As a book nerd, I knew about several of these inspirations already, but it is still a fascinating read nonetheless. When you write, it only makes sense that the real world will occasionally inspire or bleed into that world of fiction.
*Twelve Literary Pilgrimages: Again, as a book nerd, I truly appreciate this article. In fact, my husband and I have looked at various "Book Tours" that you can take in New England where you can stop and see writer's homes (there are a LOT of famous American writers who grew up and/or lived in New England).
This might seem like a much smaller blog post than I typically write; however, since I'm assuming that anyone reading this might actually check out a few (if not all) of these links, an extra long blog with tons and tons of links would just be overwhelming. I'm thinking that for these posts I will try to post around 5 links. Feel free to share with me your thoughts regarding this. Is 5 a good number? Is it too low? Too high? Leave me some suggestions in the comments. Read anything good lately? Leave that, too!
