Seeing how this community was founded out of the ashes of a book club, I thought I would invite you all to read a book with me. A sort of impromptu book club. The book I am reading, while not necessarily inspired by Mark’s post about the generalization of male emotion, is related to Mark’s post. The book I am reading is “Emotional Intelligence” by Danial Goleman (ISBN-13: 978-0553383713). Lawrencians, I think there is another copy at the library.
The title of this post is “linear non-linear book club,” because I don’t expect us all to read it at the same time or pace. If you decide to read it and find something noteworthy, please share. It doesn’t matter if the discussion follows the order of the book. Nor does it matter if you comments are timely and “in order” of the commenting. It only matters that we are communicating. (Does this make sense? Sometimes I think I am too geeky for my own good. Sheesh.)
Let the LNL Book Club begin. Woo (can I get a “hoo?”)
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hoo.
I just finished the Blind Side. Now I want to watch nfl offensive lineman, specifically left tackles. I hadn’t read a book for a while and read this one in 24 hours, couldn’t tell if it was the book or just my need to injest something.
I think I have that book too. Maybe I’ll read it with you.
So right now I’m reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by the same guy who wrote The Botany of Desire, which I think might have been a previous book club book. I’m only a quarter of the way through but it’s really fascinating. It’s a combination of chemistry, economics and history that explains a lot about our current culture of food, and it’s very well written to boot.
At the last party at my house, many of you might have heard Trevor’s drunken ramblings concerning how much Corn we eat, if you click the link to the book, there’s a short clip with Bill Maher interviewing the author that’s pretty good. Speaking of which, Trevor, did you read this whole book?
Couple of interesting/scary facts now that I’m a parent.
1. Children born in 2000 now have a 1 in 3 chance of developing diabetes
2. 1 in 3 kids eats fast food every day
3. 19% of all meals are eaten in the car
I watched the clip. It’s very interesting.
“Most species know how to find dinner, we don’t. We have been deliberately confused by the food industry to eat more and at different times through advertising and marketing.” Think about Taco Bell’s “Fourth Meal” commercials. This is the food industry at is finest. They are trying to redefine the lifestyle of Americans to include a quick, cheap, 500-calorie snack right before bed. Insidious.
I have been wondering over the past year why the hardest decision that I make every day is what am I going to eat for lunch. It shouldn’t be a hard decision. I should know I am eating a salad today. I should know where to find my food and why I am eating what I am eating.
Sounds like a great book. I look forward to hearing more about it.
yeah, basically he traces all of our health problems back to cheap corn, which is cheap b/c the gov’t subsidizes it, companies make food and market it to us b/c it’s profitable for them, but the shit they make is bad for us: pesticides, causes obesity, etc. So basically, we’re giving special funding for an industry that’s hurting us. Makes a lot of sense now, but I wouldn’t have been able to connect the dots without reading the book.
Currently I’m on the section of the book about a farm in Virginia that is run sustainably, really interesting, plus gives me that the problem can be solved!