tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post7116365301898262019..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Timber!!!!Linda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-22073860672471534272009-04-28T08:34:00.000-04:002009-04-28T08:34:00.000-04:00Paul's suggestion is great. Alan, are you listenin...Paul's suggestion is great. Alan, are you listening?<br /><br />I have never understood the lure of golf magazines, and the fact that there seem to be dozens of different ones published each month. What can there possibly be to say? Swing club, hit ball, go retrieve ball from forest.<br /><br />Julia - I've known people who not only pore over the pics in cookbooks, but read the recipes the way others might read a novel. These people do not necessarily cook, either. This has never made the least bit of sense to me.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-65957936878358919402009-04-28T07:13:00.000-04:002009-04-28T07:13:00.000-04:00Over the years I had accumulated a shelf of issues...Over the years I had accumulated a shelf of issues from a certain magazine. I told myself that there was plenty of reference material in them and that some day I would be glad I had them. Years passed and I never once looked into them. Now I am slowly taking them to the hospital where I volunteer to give to the people who stock the waiting rooms and go to the patients with reading material. It's not quite the same as throwing them away, so I don't feel as much anguish about parting with them.Paul Lambhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-22657702704849854662009-04-27T23:14:00.000-04:002009-04-27T23:14:00.000-04:00Julia,
I collect cookbooks, too. Seriously.
I l...Julia,<br /><br />I collect cookbooks, too. Seriously. <br /><br />I like to cook, but I don't really use recipes. I use the books more as "inspiration."Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-46194635640548024672009-04-27T22:44:00.000-04:002009-04-27T22:44:00.000-04:00Alan, in addition to loving magazines (although I ...Alan, in addition to loving magazines (although I don't have quite as many as you do), I have a reputation in my family for loving to collect cookbooks, even poring over pretty-looking recipes, but hating to actually cook. Go figure.<br /><br />As Stephen King once wrote, we're all crazy--it's just a matter of degree. I think my degree has risen of late.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-19704920550916797542009-04-27T16:51:00.000-04:002009-04-27T16:51:00.000-04:00Gray Cells: Please, no flying monkeys! They terrif...Gray Cells: Please, no flying monkeys! They terrify me to this day.<br /><br />Jess: I don't need to step outside to scold children :) And I'm afraid my slippers no longer fit, since I've been growing my toenails really, really long.<br /><br />GM: I traded my New Yorker sub for MAD Magazine. Draw whatever conclusions you wish.Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-29443061347449570432009-04-27T16:03:00.000-04:002009-04-27T16:03:00.000-04:00I'm with Jess. Don't forget: The robe should be ye...I'm with Jess. Don't forget: The robe should be yellow chenille to really cement your reputation.<br /><br />I still have a New Yorker addiction but I've cut way back on other subscriptions. Had to.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-40236942686894545322009-04-27T15:25:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:25:00.000-04:00Alan, I recommend getting 30 cats and frequently s...Alan, I recommend getting 30 cats and frequently stepping outside in a half-open robe and slippers to shake your fist at kids, real or imagined. Alone, the magazine collecting is odd, but as part of a package, it's solid.Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-37572071586683553512009-04-27T15:09:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:09:00.000-04:00I envision the skyscraper of magazines tumbline do...I envision the skyscraper of magazines tumbline down upon you with only legs sticky out (like the witches legs in the Wizard of Oz.<br /><br />Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, before it is too late! -- lol.Feeding the Grey Cellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550868819580537864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-16979520579007469822009-04-27T15:00:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:00:00.000-04:00Sue Ann: Mummy in the Magazines? Death by READER's...Sue Ann: Mummy in the Magazines? Death by READER's DIGEST? TIME for Dying?<br /><br />Terri: The wine festival was indeed in Reston. Adjacent to Reston Town Center. At least you had some beverages to quench your heat-induced thirst.<br /><br />Cricket: I've given up reading the backs of cereal boxes. I figure that will free up some time (baby steps!)Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-45234371114831031532009-04-27T11:21:00.000-04:002009-04-27T11:21:00.000-04:00Alan, I sympathize. I, too, had a problem, especia...Alan, I sympathize. I, too, had a problem, especially with having to read everything cover to cover, including the ads. Finally,I stopped ALL magazine and newspaper subscriptions (yep -- even the golf ones). Painful at first, but now I don't miss them. Much.<br /><br />Not too hot here -- it's snowing!Cricket McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786996969148417569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-57417943299577708542009-04-27T09:10:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:10:00.000-04:00Just think how much golf you could play if you sto...Just think how much golf you could play if you stopped reading magazines.<br /><br />I was in the Herndon area yesterday. Went to the wine festival in Reston. Maybe. My son was driving and we were all over the map, so I'm not clear where we were at any given time. I did find Ocean Waves at the B&N there. Beautiful this time of year, but the weather is too darn hot.Terri Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953154767532970027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-84173735527663147672009-04-27T09:03:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:03:00.000-04:00I'd be talking in ALL CAPS to you, too.
But it wo...I'd be talking in ALL CAPS to you, too.<br /><br />But it would make for a great mystery - the corpse is found in the middle of a pile of toppled magazines and newspapers, and he'd been there a long, long time.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.com