Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Fast and the Awesomest!

So copy the following paragraph of this blog starting at the next paragraph.  Click the following link and paste this blog in the box, then hit the "spreed" button.  If there isn't a box you can paste in and only a video player, click the "new" link on the bottom and then paste it.  The link is HERE.

What you are experiencing now is speed reading.  I've always wanted to read this fast.  I tested this out on an e-mail that Holly Lang sent me about a baseball umpire who sucked.  If it is the same speed as what I was reading you are doing about 300 words a minute.  That means that you could read "Gone With the Wind" in its entirety in just under one day.  About 23 hours 54 minutes.  Which leads me to my next question.  If it takes that long to read it at 300 words per minute, how many hours were spent on my couch this summer between two women who read it?  Pam and Emily, I'm talking about you.  Anyway, if you didn't know about this tool before, be glad that you do now.  Emily, think about it, spark notes just got even shorter!  I hope you all enjoy it as much as I anticipate I will.

3 comments :

Emily Romero said...

I like you. Like, I really really like you.

Mom (L) said...

I just copied and pasted Emily's comment instead. Amazing. :)

Joel Rohde said...

Just read the first two chapters of Huck Finn and 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2 in 13 minutes. No kidding. I could seriously take a quiz and tell you what happened. I have read Tom Sawyer, but not Huck Finn. Huck Finn is great! Now I'm done with my book reading for the day. On to work.