At 09:57 PM 11/25/2002 -0800, David Silberstein wrote: > > > "Listening to music while reading is like putting ketchup on steak." > >What does that *mean*? I'm a vegetarian, so I don't really understand >how ketchup affects steak. It means you are covering over the flavor of the steak, which is reasonable in the case of badly prepared steaks (although even then, you can certainly do better than ketchup). >To the left, I do sometimes listen to music while reading, and I find >that sometimes what I'm reading is so interesting that I start >ignoring the music, and sometimes the music is so compelling that I no >longer give the text my full attention. Yes. Exactly.