I once read that a writer I admire reads 3-4 newspapers a day. I didn’t know there were that many, but in my determination to become a serious writer (serious Romance Novelist) I decided to give it a go.
I start with the The New Yorker, yes I know it’s not a newspaper, but I thought I could read an article or two, feel very learned and be entitled to throw out New Yorker bon mots at dinner parties. Thirty two pages into the article, with no end in sight, I decide to try The New York Times.
This is better. Nice manageable columns. Let’s see now… “Defection Hinted in Libyan Oil Minister’s Trip to Tunisia” or “Obama Aims to Reshape the Peace Debate.” I feel sort of dizzy and think I may be coming down with something. Nothing a nice cup of hot tea can’t help. Sipping my restorative tea I decide to dig into Obama’s Reshaping of the Peace Debate… whose debate, I wonder? They write these articles as if one is always up to date on current events. Ah, right, Israel and Palestine. I must say, as much as I think the Palestinians have a point, those Israelis are very bold. There is something about a no-nonsense man on a mission. My heart gives a little skip every time the ex-Mossad men check my trunk before parking at the Jewish Community Center…at any rate, back to Obama’s Peace Deb…what’s this?! “America’s Most Wanted Taken Off Air”. How sad. That John Walsh seems like such a nice man, and what tragedy he’s had to endure. So interesting how he turned his life into…HA! So Mrs. Mubarak has to give back her $4 million. Doesn’t seem quite enough for an entire country. I’m not sure one could buy a small Pacific Heights home for $4 million. She’s not even admitting any wrongdoing, it’s just “Screw you Egypt!” and off she goes. I must admit, her pugnacity forces a grudging resp…OH MY GOD! A 14 Year Old SON!!!!!!!!!
now that was truly funny! what else could be in those newspapers!? wait until they print some pictures in the paper, you will faint! or at least fall on the floor!
Posted by: liz a. | May 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM
hmmm I predict much more "comment" traffic on this blog than Market Street! Much easier to admit to identifying with.
Posted by: EDNOS | May 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Kim. I am truly worried about you. Three blogs in a week, no talk of procrastination and not a word about "tomorrow's another day"! This is not the Kim I know and love. Have you started on meds? No judgement., Just spill the beans! I could use a dose of your zest!
Posted by: Steph | May 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Love It...I read and laugh sitting here at my desk, with four newspapers collected from my doorstep since Monday, still sitting in their little blue plastic baggies.
Posted by: angelica | May 19, 2011 at 12:43 PM
no kidding! what was he thinking???!! You obviously found your way to the more interesting articles!
Posted by: Heather Elder | May 19, 2011 at 05:26 PM
I feel sooo.... not knowledgeable...?
Posted by: Kelly Hoffman | May 19, 2011 at 05:41 PM
appropriately, this from the woman who discovered The Week (a thin magazine distillation of the weekly newspapers) in 2001, the year it started, and gave me a subscription, which i loved.
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