I Read a Hard Copy Newspaper Today

[NJCher]

It was nice. NY Times. Went outside on my patio and took my two cats. They were in cages, since they're indoor cats. They love going outside. Indoor/outdoor cat joined us. Everybody was purring, three cats and me.

I had two cups of coffee and some toasted chocolate chip muffins.

I learned the New York Times has a ton of color in its hard copy version. Don't think I've looked at a hard copy version in...well, years.

I read a review of the movie about Saddam Hussein's son, Uday. I broke down and had to go get my ColorNook to watch the trailer outside. Pretty bizarre, that Uday, (Udey?) and his double.

I live in an outdoor paradise but never enjoy it like this. All I do is work, like weed and trim.

I vow to do better in the future, i.e., smell the roses.


Cher

[Demoiselle]

1. Toasted Chocolate Chip Muffins!???!!!!

They'd make me joyful in an urban hovel! What a great idea to take your indoor cats out in cages. I'll bet they love it!
Let the weeds go occasionally...and enjoy....

[NJCher]

2. the funny thing

Is that as I drive around, like to my job or whatever, I admire people's patios, decks, etc. I say, "Oh wow, if I had that, I'd be out there reading the paper or visiting with my friends all the time!"

And here I live in a place with two decks and a patio and it's August. This is the first time I did that!


Cher

[Redstone]

3. I read one every day. Does that make me a Luddite?

It goes great with the first two cups of coffee and two cigs, out on the screen porch.

Redstone

[NJCher]

4. no, I don't think so

I was amazed at the changes, particularly the greatly increased amount of color. Like any other experience that a person doesn't have for a period of time, the changes stand out. I don't know if your newspaper uses a large amount of color, but if it does, you might not notice the increase in color as its increase was probably gradual.

Another experience I don't have often is retail shopping in department stores. That has changed quite a bit, too.


Cher

[Richardo]

5. Last year I was back in SoCal and bought a copy of the LA Times for the first time in many years.

It was so SAD how THIN it was - less than 50 pages total: Front section, metro, op-ed, sports, ads, everything. I joked that I remembered the time when some of the articles were 50 pages long.

Anyway, very depressing - used to read that paper practically cover-to-cover. :cry:

[OriginalGeek]

6. I don't know that I'm interested in Uday's movie

but I dig that they use Personal Jesus in the trailer...I think that's a cover though...either way it's a great song...

[qwertyMike]

7. How much do they cost now? n/t

[fizzgig]

8. sounds like a lovely morning

my normal morning routine includes at least 30 minutes spent on the porch and i get grumpy when i don't get that

[Rochester]

9. I read a real newspaper every day