So you really didn't miss your New Yorker reading? I just renewed my subscription and I've noticed that the couple of issues I've received since then have been kind of blah. Especially the fiction.... There were a couple of really good fiction pieces in the fiction issue but they seem to have been all the good fiction there was to be had for a while. I'm not a fan of the stories that start out with an older woman who doesn't seem to have much purpose. Or one whose partner has left her. Or a younger one who has indiscriminate sex. Or a family of quirky women. Or a woman at a party. So, that leaves very few stories I may be interested in.
In "The Critics" section I usually find something of interest. For many years, I've had a dream where I lost a key. Sometimes a mailbox key, and sometimes even my dorm room key. This led to many searches and trips to the office and many stair climbs and trips up and down the elevator. And many searches for the stairs, office, and elevator. I used to wake up exhausted!
