At Facebook, you can join a group of people who want newspapers to still be around for a long time. Of course, I belong to that group. It's called Tell Five Friends How Important Newspapers Are!
Now, I liked to think that at least five people read this blog each day, so I guess I will have done my part. There is nothing quite like riffling through a real newspaper every day.
We subscribe to the Lufkin Daily News, which is part of the Cox consortium. It's a good little paper and brings us the highlights of what is happening in our city and Angelina County, along with some sports - especially local high school football in season. It has an editorial page with some very good columnists - some to the left, some to the right and publishes letters to the editor. There are features that everyone likes to see - although they might not admit it: Dear Abby, Dr. Gott, People, horescopes, comics. Especially on weekends, there are columns by local writers. You can find out what movie is playing and what's on TV. It's a source of general local information - stuff you can use. I read it cover to cover every day.
Additionally, we used to subscribe to the Houston Chronicle to get the big city feel - especially for sports and finances. Then one day, they decided they didn't want to bother with home delivery to a little place like Lufkin.
We found that we could subscribe to USA Today and actually receive it by mail the same day. It's not the same as a big city paper, but we are used to the format because that is the paper we receive at our hotel door with our Priority or Honors card. So, I am used to it.
In the weekend edition of USA Today for Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week, they have presented something you would want to know, so let me tell you about it!
One assumes that more people than ever will be celebrating New Year's Eve at home this year and USA Today has published the following info which I will not credit because it is not too clear just who worked on this.
This has been a terrible year and one can only hope that 2009 will bring some remedies. So, since we are celebrating at home, what will we be wearing? Ah, yes, there is a pie chart with slices showing: 51% will be in pajamas or sweats with 4% in a bathrobe. I think I would lump those folks together for 55%. Fancy outfits will be worn by only 1% while 32% will be in jeans with a top/sweater. Now, 12% will be wearing other. Of course, I am kind of wondering what is left for "other", but that is fine. I love pie charts and I expect you do too! That's just another reason to keep on reading real newspapers!
For all the "high tech", don't you want a little break in your day where you can actually flip through the pages of a real newspaper? What about the want ads? Where do you suppose we found Buddy The Lhasa?
Ah, yes, all the little things that come to you in your local newspaper are well worth the subscription!
10 years ago
No comments:
Post a Comment