I've been reading magazines
May. 28th, 2006 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabWill Durst's column in the June issue of The Progressive is only 7 sentences long, of which the first sentence takes up the first two columns and part of the third, the next sentence is 1 word, then one of 2 words, then 1 again, then three almost-normal sentences.
The May-June Utne Reader is a mixed bag, as usual. There's an ad for a new social networking website, zaadz, for peaceniks, peaceful revolutionaries, and other warm-n-fuzzy types: http://www.zaadz.com . Looks vaguely interesting, if one had time for yet another group... The "Street Librarian" column is a listing of magazines about permaculture and self-reliance. In the "This Just In" section is a new magazine called Four Hundred Words which contains "short-short nonfiction ideal for reading on the bus." That's got a web site too, of course: http://www.400words.com . I may just order a copy of that... There's an article about trying to replace the "Star Spangled Banner" with a new national anthem, with "America the Beautiful" as the main contender. A sidebar lists possible others - including longshots such as "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" (no one knows the words to that one any more, not even me); "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (nope, won't work - too many Southern states are still nursing grudges about the Civil War). Then there's a few "bringing up the rear" songs that represent America well but are even less likely to become a national anthem, including Neil Diamond's "America," Freddie Mercury's "We are the Champions," and, I must admit it would be easy to sing but difficult to agree on the words, "Louie Louie." Back in the classified ads, there's a few book and magazine listings that might be interesting, including "Books for readers who think" at http://www.pilgrimsprocess.com, which has a little too much "spiritual" stuff for me but I know that there are a bunch of liberal and religious folk on my flist, so y'all might want to check it out.
The rest of what I've dog-eared so far are medical news blurbs, not really general interest.
The May-June Utne Reader is a mixed bag, as usual. There's an ad for a new social networking website, zaadz, for peaceniks, peaceful revolutionaries, and other warm-n-fuzzy types: http://www.zaadz.com . Looks vaguely interesting, if one had time for yet another group... The "Street Librarian" column is a listing of magazines about permaculture and self-reliance. In the "This Just In" section is a new magazine called Four Hundred Words which contains "short-short nonfiction ideal for reading on the bus." That's got a web site too, of course: http://www.400words.com . I may just order a copy of that... There's an article about trying to replace the "Star Spangled Banner" with a new national anthem, with "America the Beautiful" as the main contender. A sidebar lists possible others - including longshots such as "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" (no one knows the words to that one any more, not even me); "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (nope, won't work - too many Southern states are still nursing grudges about the Civil War). Then there's a few "bringing up the rear" songs that represent America well but are even less likely to become a national anthem, including Neil Diamond's "America," Freddie Mercury's "We are the Champions," and, I must admit it would be easy to sing but difficult to agree on the words, "Louie Louie." Back in the classified ads, there's a few book and magazine listings that might be interesting, including "Books for readers who think" at http://www.pilgrimsprocess.com, which has a little too much "spiritual" stuff for me but I know that there are a bunch of liberal and religious folk on my flist, so y'all might want to check it out.
The rest of what I've dog-eared so far are medical news blurbs, not really general interest.
