Time to Read

As I get older I find I have less time to read. I used to be devoted to fiction, then in college I found nonfiction to be more interesting. Philosophy and the classics dominated my time, but then I started playing Unreal Tournament and that was that.

Video games are not a waste of time, at least, not more than reading fiction is. Why would reading words on a page make your more intelligent than delving into the political and sociological world of Bioshock?

Now, nonfiction is about as useful as documentary film. I don't know why people value books more than other mediums of information, but I do that as well. My wife often comments on the fact that I own far too many copies of books, having entire shelves for no reason but to collect.

Part of it is my children. I want them to have access to books, not just the internet. Something about it being printed makes it seem more real than a wiki.

But on the other hand, I want to have the books the websites use as references.

If only I could find time to read anymore.