Category Archives: Magazines/Newspapers

September 23, 2012

My unglamorous self

The Hartford Courant ran a piece about me today. I have yet to purchase a newspaper, but my friend was kind enough to send me a photo of the story as it appears in the paper. My favorite part of … Continue reading →

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August 3, 2012

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is here!

 

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March 24, 2011

The dead writing about the dead

This was a trending topic on Twitter last night and posted many times.  For those of you who don’t use the micro blogging platform, I thought it was worth sharing: The New York Times had their Elizabeth Taylor obituary ready … Continue reading →

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February 23, 2011

US Weekly a mystery to me

This was the magazine cover that I was staring at yesterday while waiting in line at the supermarket.  Here’s the good news: I did not recognize the woman on the front cover who was “obsessed with being thin” (though I … Continue reading →

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January 4, 2011

Snob magazine

When I heard that Snob magazine was hitting newsstands in December, I was thrilled.  What better way to tell a person that he or she is an unlikeable, unjustifiable elitist than by sending them a subscription to Snob Magazine? I … Continue reading →

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April 27, 2010

Trash

I was getting my haircut last week. and the usually bustling salon was relatively empty. Just me, the woman cutting my hair (not my regular stylist) and a customer on the other side of the salon, sitting with tinfoil in … Continue reading →

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March 10, 2010

Most popular at the the moment

One of the websites that I like best is the New York Times Most Popular page, where you can get links to the most emailed and most blogged stories from the Times, ranked in order.  I often find these lists … Continue reading →

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January 21, 2010

Death of the American newspaper

Is there a person alive who doesn’t lament the possible death of the American newspaper? If so, then why is the American newspaper dying? If we are all so concerned with the loss of the hometown newspaper, why aren’t people … Continue reading →

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October 20, 2009

Life magazine for free!

Life magazine, 1935-1972, is now available online through Google Books.  It joins Life magazine’s photo archive, also available courtesy of Google.  I just spent an hour reading through issues from the 1940s and found the advertising to be most interesting.  … Continue reading →

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October 3, 2009

How does anyone keep with with this magazine?

The New Yorker offered me a 250% discount on a year’s subscription, citing me as a "professional." Having ideas for stories that I would like to publish in the magazine someday, and liking the sound of the word professional, I … Continue reading →

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