Re: How do you “see” words and numbers?

[Anonymous]

Wow Curly,,, I really liked reading your last post. so much to think about it was like fireworks popping off in my head Oh I want to respond to that no that no that… let me pick out some of the brighter ones…

First of all, I have a tremendous talent for reading and comprehension. When I was in 1st grade I literally had a 5th grade reading level. Ironically I sometimes have to read a paragraph several times to “get it” and I usually use a “voice” in my head to “hear” the author “speaking” the text to me. For this very reason I LOVE audiobooks. (side note: Frank Mccort’s Teacher Man; Marley and Me, and A brief history of everything, 5 people you meet in heaven all good books on audio). My favorite application of reading is Drama/Theater. I absorbed as much acting training as I could in High school and college without declaring a Major in it. I LOVE to do improv…

Reading your post again…

“Especially since the writers of these manuals do not speak the same language as most of their readers. They assume that you are technically at the same level as them and treat you as though most of this is just a light review. “

Well for them it is… you’ll get up to speed with more practice. I like your example of “beginner’s mind” using your father as a test subject – brilliant! Check out Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind. I imagine you reading the manuals and thinking “get to the point! show me where the action is this is all trivial bs!” (thank god for spell check i am typing way too excitedly!). This is actually good i think because you are keeping the programming accessible to non-engineering folks and inviting the previous generation (your dad – in law) to join as a real-world test subject.

Kettle of fish … very amusing colloquialism! I live in Southwestern WA love cooking and hate fishing LOL

A BOOK for traffic lights!? WOW you are either very fortunate or very good at switching from one task to another – NOT ME – this is not advisable for people like me who need to keep focused on one thing and stay there – they talked about this in the film. Have you ever been so engrossed that you had missed a green light or had someone honk at you at a green light? I used to drive 40 miles on the interstate to go to work. to keep myself from speeding 15-20mph over the limit I listened to audio books in my stock car stereo. I loved it!

Hey our own kids think we are weird no matter what, but at least we’re happy! Keep singing my busy minded friend. It has been fun, C-ya later!?

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