I'm not talking about reading out loud. I'm also not talking about talking a book out. Neither am I mentioning reading while your lips move. I'm talking about what is in your head. I've never had a teacher stand over me and say "no! you're reading quietly in your head too slow. Stop subvocalizing! Right now…

if there's anyone who needs emergency alcohol airdrops, it's ice fisherman.

I'd argue many people subvocalize. After all, not subvocalizing wasn't a thing taught in grade school. The only guy in high school whose reading aloud speed did not match the rest of the class was the dyslexic fellow. So how do you know if others subvocalized or not. The first I heard of the technique was after…

Yeah, my experience is similar. My wife reads for pleasure about three times faster than I do. We tested this on a novel of known word count (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). I read for 11 hours (about 300 wpm). She read for 2 1/2 hours (roughly 1200 wpm). She learned to read without subvocalizing from the…

The smirk was hers. She wasn't raised right. Me? I like me some tasty pig.

Okay, you've just won the internets for this gif.

My darling wife's response, "That's why we eat Turkey-Bacon" *smirk*

Yeah, that's easy to say, but when the author is mentioning Alien Space Bats as why the event changed the world, it gets kinda ridiculous. I had that problem with S.M. Stirling's Emberverse series. It had compelling characters then didn't really question why a bunch of changes occurred that would have to mean not…

Heh, you've obviously never lived in a small town. If you had, you'd know that there is no real thing as "privacy". The Japanese have a saying that you "see but don't look" meaning that in tight quarters you will see others in compromising or embarrassing positions, but will pretend to have not seen and "forget"…

Well, from the look of things, Willis knew it was going to happen and struggled just enough to get free but not enough to avoid being sent back. So Willis protects himself from JGL's shot using the gold and escapes (seen in previous trailer). Plus it sounds like Willis wants to set up JGL to kill the crime boss now…

In the real world, sure it would be Harry and Hermione. But this isn't the real world. It is an epic story. Hell its seven "mini" epic stories that come together to make the epic cycle. Hermione is the Goddess who gets Harry back on the track to doing what he should. There is a small chance the Hero loves the…

Yes, I am pretty sure I09 has a must watch list, mostly focused on the core storyline.

Have you lost your ever lovin' mind? Two and a half hours? Fortunately, someone is thinking of doing it right! [dimpost.wordpress.com]