{"id":2150,"date":"2012-11-24T21:15:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2012-11-24T21:15:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T04:15:02","slug":"end-of-a-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2012\/11\/end-of-a-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"end of a hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I am wondering what to do next. I’ve read Ulysses, and that was the last mountain of a book I felt I had to climb. There is nothing I can’t read and therefore nothing left to challenge me.<\/p>\n

Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to take on Gaiman after Joyce. THe difference is too stark.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the thing. If I read now, just for escapist pleasure, and I admit it is pure escapism, then I should try to get a new hobby. It seems that reading is not leading to anything.<\/p>\n

I should learn to do something else. Maybe knit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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