tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post6988893006853051627..comments2023-10-01T04:52:24.570-04:00Comments on whistling leaf blower: the wonder of consumerismcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18022650911172987454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-50232493803509512452008-12-04T17:05:00.000-05:002008-12-04T17:05:00.000-05:00Agreed that Cookie magazine is positively ridiculo...Agreed that Cookie magazine is positively ridiculous. What is the point even? I can never figure it out.<BR/><BR/>Family Fun is I *think* put out by Disney, but they often have cute, cheap recycling type crafts that I do with Jack.<BR/><BR/>Haven't looked at wondertime in ages, since it seems better for younger kids.Sarah and Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618358656098944111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-25548165542551974412008-12-03T23:07:00.000-05:002008-12-03T23:07:00.000-05:00A friend gifted me a subscription to Family Fun. ...A friend gifted me a subscription to Family Fun. I have enjoyed it, even though I often feel tired just thinking about all the family fun we could be having if only I were more organized or energetic or whatever. A lot of the projects look like fun though, and I think I would do more (or, at least one) of them if my kids were a bit older.<BR/><BR/>I have never seen Cookie, but I have heard similar negative reviews of it. <BR/><BR/>I used to subscribe to Budget Living. It ceased publication, and I was sent a magazine called Shop, Etc. in its place. Shop, Etc. was Cookie-esque and not my style. I remember that in the editor's welcome letter she told some story about shopping at Barney's with her thirteen year-old daughter. They both wanted the same pair of $300 walking shorts. The editor humorously noted how her daughter would need the size zero shorts, but she herself would need the size sixes (but she wrote this as if, you know, wearing a size six just showed how old and out of shape she was . . . please.) After two issues, Shop, Etc. ceased to exist. I did not miss it.mephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-27326186801132483922008-12-03T13:26:00.000-05:002008-12-03T13:26:00.000-05:00Actually, no. That's New York TImes Magazine...wh...Actually, no. That's New York TImes Magazine...which I also love, and which also comes to my apartment. And I'm not talk talking about "The New Yorker", either, which is a super magazine but one that ends up stressing me out because I don't make the time to read it in full and thus a subscription seems wasteful.<BR/><BR/>New York Magazine is the one that pairs weekly listing of events in the City with fascinating articles on everything from politics to Liza Manelli to why it's good to go barefoot. And yet it's not a trash mag at all. I fantasize that someone from NY Mag will stumble upon Beyond PIckles and offer me a job.Actchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320025313541534433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-63970776174229045662008-12-02T22:23:00.000-05:002008-12-02T22:23:00.000-05:00I get overwhelmed with everything that we Must Do ...I get overwhelmed with everything that we Must Do Immediately every time I leaf through a new issue of Family Fun. My charges have taken to circling all of the projects they want to do.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the heads-up about Cookie~ I've almost bought a copy a few times and now I'll never have that particular problem again!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00738663508551101265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-18008004390523163252008-12-02T21:31:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:31:00.000-05:00i found some bamboo cooking spoons, with the brand...i found some bamboo cooking spoons, with the brand name "cook-eez" and thought of you, chuck.<BR/><BR/>actchy, is New York Magazine the one that comes in the times once on sunday? if so, i do enjoy that, but we rarely get it.cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022650911172987454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-37011695774763031662008-12-02T13:06:00.000-05:002008-12-02T13:06:00.000-05:00"cookie?" is that really what it is called? you ..."cookie?" is that really what it is called? you know how i feel about that horrible, horrible word . . .chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309788129600597688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20158627.post-27767189568754677532008-12-02T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-02T11:45:00.000-05:00I am not a magazine person. My husband is. I lam...I am not a magazine person. My husband is. I lament the number of (nearly identical) magazines that come into our apartment on a regular basis. <BR/><BR/>That being said, one of the periodicals that arrives -- weekly! -- is New York Magazine. I have started to love New York Magazine with unbridled passion. I marvel at how I am its exact target audience. <BR/><BR/>And in this way, I have come to terms with the other volumes that show up in our apartment, ones that target my husband in the same way my NY Mag targets me. <BR/><BR/>Of course, "Cookie" sounds horrible, though. And like I wouldn't want to get lunch with anybody who was its target audience.Actchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320025313541534433noreply@blogger.com