Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781400161607 (1400161606)
Publish date: March 9th 2009
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
In the build up to the holidays and winding down of the year, I’ve basically stopped reviewing—too many books, not enough time. Instead of trying to cram them in, or ignore them altogether, I’ve decided to do a little summary post for the most notable books I read in November and December so I can f...
“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.”That’s a quote from Ecclesiastes. That means people have been going on and on about the good old days for thousands of years. They’ve been doing it for so long that God had...
A brief, witty commentary on the ongoing decline of civility, cleverness, and humor in spoken and written communication.
This would get 3.5 stars if I could assign half stars. It falls short of being a 4-star book because it's a bit scattershot. If it were a longer book, this approach would become quite wearisome, but it's such a quick read that I'm able to overlook its faults.I found the following paragraph to be a...