Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Magazines Are Like Mini Books

I like to think of myself as a well rounded reader. I do not just read books. I read papers. I read on line news. I am not going to lie, I will read some of the gossip rags on line. I try to stay current on celebrity news. I love to read magazines. When my kids were young, I read magazines more. When there was not time for a book, I could fit in an article. I love to read magazines. I used to get three magazines a year from my employer for Christmas. They do not offer that anymore. It was a great gift. I called it the gift that keeps on giving. Every month my company said, Merry Christmas, three times. That is awesome. I love Oprah Magazine. It is so beautiful. I think it is one of the most beautiful magazines. There are too many advertisements, but that is true of all magazines. That is how they make their money. Oprah gets great people to interview. Because she is Oprah. I LOVE everything Oprah. I'll have to devote an entire blog to her one day.
Good Housekeeping is one of the all around best magazines. It is short stories. Great recipes. Simple craft ideas. There are short stories. It is one of the magazines I rip articles out of thinking they will be useful one day. It is a great idea. If I could remember where I put the articles, they might get used. The idea of building lifts on my bookshelves came from a magazine. It could have been Good Housekeeping.
I have always like Reader's Digest. I like all the funny columns. Humor in the Work Place, Life in The United States, all the true funny stories. If I would have bothered to send in funny anecdotes from my family, I would probably be rich now. My family has always been Reader's Digest funny. There is humor in my work place too. I could probably not keep my job and publish the things we consider humor.
Because my daughter is wealthy, she has a subscription to US magazine. I know. I KNOW!!! She is a lucky woman. Sometimes she gives me her old magazines. If there is a huge story going on, I will buy People. Say I am standing in the grocery store and see there is a breaking story like, Reece Witherspoon dumped whoever it was she dated. That is big and I would want to see what both US and People have to say about it. Say Tom Cruise is doing something creepy regarding his Stepford Wife. That would make me buy People magazine.
Last year one of my gift magazines was Newsweek. I tried to pretend I was going to become more educated on current events. That really did not work out. I am more of a fiction and craft person. The downside to magazines is what to do with them when I am done reading them. They become like books for me. I do not want to get rid of them. I hang on in case there is something I might need to refer back for.
In a perfect world I would probably read a magazine on my lunch break in my coffee shop. The magazines would get recycled at the shop. We would have a magazine corner. Some people would come in and buy coffee just to read the magazines. I would even have Newsweek. Not everyone that came in would want to discuss US and Oprah. Just the majority.

4 comments:

Tru Stories said...

The best line of this entire post, is when you called yourself a Craft Person. As if you EVER do crafts, except the failed, Christmas crafts we try with the kids.
That was funny...Craft Person.

The Mrs. said...

I will only come to your coffee shop for celebrity gossip. I don't do coffee and I certainly don't do Newsweek. People, US, E! News, reality television . . . THAT I can get on board with. I'll take all that gossip with a doughnut, fried cinnamon or chocolate long john if you're taking requests.

Anderson Family said...

Tru Stories you are not paying attention. I did not say I am a Craft Person. I said the magazine has simple craft ideas. I see the ideas. I think, hey that would be simple to make. Sometimes I rip the articles out. I do not make the stuff. That is your crazy imagination reading something that is not there.
Mrs. I could talk reality TV and celebrity gossip all day. We'll have laptops to get up to the minute news from TMZ. This would so be the greatest coffee shop of all time.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to love this coffee shop!! I can see it now, me with a white chocolate peppermint mocha latte and a People magazine, and everyone talking about the latest gossip!! I can't wait.