Mental Marathon

By The Daily Dish

by Chris Bodenner
Ta-Nehisi on the Kindle: "The thing just doesn't give the same sense of accomplishment and closure [as a book]. It's like running a marathon--but on a treadmill."  My analogy: guest-blogging on The Dish.  Or, perhaps, a cat running up a slide:

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