In the New Yorker...

[Jeff Wrangler]

I've never been this far (four issues) behind. I've become a lot more selective in the articles that I'm reading--fewer "duty articles." If an article doesn't grab me right from the start, I stop reading it.

[Front-Ranger]

I do something similar. I was reading the article about free will yesterday and I decided to prove that free will exists by stopping. Take that, you compatibilist philosophers!! 

[serious crayons]

I also try to eliminate any from the previous presidential administration. Unfortunately with New Yorkers, though, that still requires steely self-control because obviously most stories are not related to national politics. But maybe you just don't want any reminders of those bleak years?

[Front-Ranger]

...maybe you just don't want any reminders of those bleak years?

That's definitely it.

[Jeff Wrangler]

The things you learn when you read TNY over lunch:

Barry Manilow wrote the jingles for State Farm ("Like a good neighbor ...") and Band-Aids ("I am stuck on Band-Aids ...").

Who knew? Not me, that's for sure!

[Front-Ranger]

I like the way you wrote it better than the way they wrote it.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I like the way you wrote it better than the way they wrote it.

Thanks, FRiend. 

[Front-Ranger]

It's the middle of November and I'm still reading and eating my lunch outside!

[Jeff Wrangler]

Tell you what, my subscription expires in February, and I have yet to hear anything about renewing it. 

[Front-Ranger]

I have auto-renew but it doesn't seem to help much since my credit card is not automatically charged.