The guy in front of me was charge $6 for the paper in front of me, so I got on my tiptoes and leaned over his shoulder to see what was on the counter top. It was the New York Times with it's brightly-colored political map above the fold.
The guy then bandied about the fact that no one reads newspapers anymore with the cashiers, and that is why the prices have gone up. The cashiers remarked that it wasn't a very good way to get more readers -- and now the Globe wants to charge you twice for its slop.
I wouldn't pay $6 for a New York Times if my life depended on it. I never even visit their website unless a third entity directs me there.
Oh, I think I hear the doorbell!
I'm just going to leave a bowl of Boston Globe candy; help yourselves, dear readers:
Safe street a treat for revelers
Facing down fear, a treat at a time
Pats’ game adds twist to the tricks and treats
For pumpkin carver, scares are easy
That is the sum of my newspaper when you think about it.
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- Slow Saturday Special: Banker's Bag of Goodies
- Slow Saturday Special: Taxpayer's Take
- Slow Saturday Special: Turning Off the Porch Light...
- Sweets Made Me Sick
- Slow Saturday Special: MIC Captures Marcy Kaptur
- Bathroom Break
- Kids' Costumes
- Marijuana: From Maine to Mexico
- He's Going, Going, Gone at the Globe
- Slow Saturday Special: A Growing Globe
- Slow Saturday Special: Swine Flu Sucker
- Slow Saturday Special: Waiting For the Bell to Ring
- Slow Saturday Special: Trick or Treat?
- Vampires Are Real
