In the New Yorker...

[serious crayons]

Here's a gift article of the 25 best magazine covers of all time. Several New Yorker covers made the list.

Thank you for that, Lee! I remember some of them. A few are really classic (I think the Saul Steinberg view of NYC may be my favorite). A few I missed at the time, like the Cosby one and the plastic-in-the-ocean one.

[serious crayons]

The 25 famous photos story linked at the end of the magazine cover piece is good, too. Many are sad or depressing, though.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Another cover I liked some years ago showed New York divided up like Central Asian countries, with fake Central-Asian-sounding names. For example, the Chelsea area of Manhattan was dubbed Gaymenistan,

[Front-Ranger]

October 6 was quite an issue if you like personal recollections and profiles. First there was an account by the author Ann Patchett about her trip to New Zealand. Then, an article about Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of html. It also includes a profile of Carol Burnett. What a miserable childhood she had. No wonder she became funny, so she could cheer herself up, along with us all.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I'm still back on Dana Goodyear's personal experience losing her home in the Palisades Fire in California. 

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, that one's in the remote control issue. I've been finishing up that one. For some odd reason, I thought the film restoration in Bologna story would be boring but when I read it, it was quite interesting. I like Anthony Lane's writing.

[serious crayons]

I'm an issue behind you two, just finished Zadie Smith's essay about writing essays. I thought I would like it because I like Zadie Smith and I like reading and writing essays. But honestly, I found it kind of boring and unsurprising.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I'm an issue behind you two, just finished Zadie Smith's essay about writing essays. I thought I would like it because I like Zadie Smith and I like reading and writing essays. But honestly, I found it kind of boring and unsurprising.

Same here, all around. I like her, but I found the article boring.