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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 16, 2014, 11:39:39 pm ---But a supermarket? Believe me, the audience for that one was limited to people who work in supermarkets.
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Was that the one about Whole Foods? I remember an article about Whole Foods, but I don't remember one about an ordinary supermarket. ???
Not that it really matters. :-\
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 17, 2014, 10:22:47 am ---Was that the one about Whole Foods? I remember an article about Whole Foods, but I don't remember one about an ordinary supermarket. ???
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No, it was just some supermarket in Manhattan. This was a long time ago, pre-Tina Brown.
A Whole Foods profile would at least have some interesting political stuff in it. This was purely about how the store operated, at least as far as I got, which was about halfway. It was my turning point where I discovered that just because something's in the New Yorker doesn't mean it's worth reading.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 17, 2014, 08:33:00 pm ---A Whole Foods profile would at least have some interesting political stuff in it. This was purely about how the store operated, at least as far as I got, which was about halfway. It was my turning point where I discovered that just because something's in the New Yorker doesn't mean it's worth reading.
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I seem to remember that it did, that Whole Foods and the guy who founded it aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Front-Ranger:
As usual, Elizabeth Kolbert's latest article is fascinating. This is about the quest to get rid of imported mammals in New Zealand to save birds and other native species that are dying out.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/big-kill?intcid=mod-most-popular
Front-Ranger:
At this site, Garrison Keillor sings a moving tribute to the unnamed "angel" who read the first story he sent in to the New Yorker in 1969:
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/listen/?date=2014/12/27
He speaks for writers everywhere!
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