The newspaper
Mar. 4th, 2004 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusWhen I bought my first house, one of the first things I did was get a newspaper subscription. Something about having a newspaper (The Washington Post) delivered each morning made it really, honestly home. I don't know why. Seems silly now, but at the time it was important to me. I sometimes read the front page, often read the style section, especially the comics, and the Monday chess column. In the Sunday advertisement section, I'd read the comics first, and then check the ads for furniture, computer, and entertainment prices.
A coworker got me into the habit of reading the Dave Barry column in Sunday's The Washington Post Magazine, and that eventually stretched into reading other columns, especially Jeanne Marie Laskas and sometimes Gene Weingarten. I always wondered why Dilbert wasn't in the Post's Sunday funnies, turns out he hides in the Post Magazine. Who'd'a'thunk? But the prices kept creeping up and I got tired of bundling up piles for recycling. I also found that I was turning more and more to WTOP on the radio and various web sites for news and entertainment, so when I moved into my new home, I didn't get the newspaper. Seemed like a waste of money and a hastle.
Recently, however, I've become a coupon junkie. I go out every Sunday and get the Sunday paper primarily for the coupons. By getting food and household items that are both on sale and have coupons, I save a fortune! Last week, I got Skippy peanut butter, normally 2.50 per jar, for 0.66 per jar! I'm sure I'll eat it someday. I've discovered, though, that I'm reading the Post Magazine again, and that I've missed Barry and Laskas -- one to make me laugh a little, the other to make me cry a little.
No, I haven't really missed getting the paper every day. But occassionally, when I'm in the mood, it's nice to have it around. Besides, the modem cord doesn't reach to the bathroom.
A coworker got me into the habit of reading the Dave Barry column in Sunday's The Washington Post Magazine, and that eventually stretched into reading other columns, especially Jeanne Marie Laskas and sometimes Gene Weingarten. I always wondered why Dilbert wasn't in the Post's Sunday funnies, turns out he hides in the Post Magazine. Who'd'a'thunk? But the prices kept creeping up and I got tired of bundling up piles for recycling. I also found that I was turning more and more to WTOP on the radio and various web sites for news and entertainment, so when I moved into my new home, I didn't get the newspaper. Seemed like a waste of money and a hastle.
Recently, however, I've become a coupon junkie. I go out every Sunday and get the Sunday paper primarily for the coupons. By getting food and household items that are both on sale and have coupons, I save a fortune! Last week, I got Skippy peanut butter, normally 2.50 per jar, for 0.66 per jar! I'm sure I'll eat it someday. I've discovered, though, that I'm reading the Post Magazine again, and that I've missed Barry and Laskas -- one to make me laugh a little, the other to make me cry a little.
No, I haven't really missed getting the paper every day. But occassionally, when I'm in the mood, it's nice to have it around. Besides, the modem cord doesn't reach to the bathroom.
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:34 am (UTC)That's what wireless is for. ;)
Yes, I'm kidding. *grin*
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Date: 2004-03-04 09:06 am (UTC)