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| Buzzy Reading Paper in Honolulu |
Well, I made it to over one year of surviving without the Washington Post being delivered to my home (click here for my January 2017 post on terminating daily delivery of the paper.) But just yesterday I signed up to re-start Sunday delivery of the Post.
It reminded me of taking Buzzy to a VA interview with a Gerontologist who asked him what were his hobbies. He responded with “Reading the paper.” The Doctor laughed and said something to the effect that reading the paper wasn’t what she would call a hobby. Buzzy didn’t say anything, so I interjected “He’s not joking. He reads 4 newspapers a day and enjoys doing it.”
Well, that fondness-for-newspaper-gene was obviously passed along to me too because I found that I really did miss having the hard copy of the paper delivered to my home. Reading it online just isn’t the same for me. I spend a lot of, too much maybe, time watching news shows on T-V and listening to political talk radio shows, but my preferred way of receiving and processing info is to read it for myself. Thus, in addition to scanning the Washington Post’s online edition, I resorted to daily readings of online political blogs and websites such as Drudge Report and Daily Beast. However, it just wasn’t the same as reading the hard copy of the Washington Post. (One feature of online readership of the newspaper that I do enjoy is the inclusion of reader comments on the articles. For example this one was attached to the Stormy Daniels-Trump story:)
So starting next Sunday I will once again be a home delivery subscriber to my old friend the Washington Post. And while recognizing that it’s only Sundays for now, but fully aware of my addictive nature, it will probably only be a matter of time before I resume daily delivery of it too. Like my Mom used to say “We’ll see.”
Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets (@ 2:53 mark below) was featured in this scene from All the President’s Men. Check out the full version of the song here and as you do so keep your eye on the ladies’ left leg to see if you don’t agree with me that it’s kind of sexy. I know, I am a simple man with simple tastes.