Subscription

Interesting situation today--received regular mail of prescriptions and, yes, my biggest vice--stuff from ebay and amazon.com, after that I saw a small, reader digest size book wrapped in plastic---okay, probably some incredibly boring thing from one of the insurance companies explaining why less was gonna cost more or perhaps somebody else's embroidery catalog or the like. Closer examination and I realized it was a "literary" magazine addressed to me--then I remembered that several writing contests that I had entered--please refer to earlier blog suggesting that it is more reasonable to spend your money on lotto tickets than writing contests--in either case, you are almost certainly gonna lose but at least with the lotto, folks aren't gonna send you a form letter, e-mail, or some other thing telling you how great their publications are--apparently so great that i and all the other folks except for a few professional writers aren't good enough to grace their pages--so they take your money and don't even give you a kiss on the cheek and use the money to pay the "winner" and to help finance their publication-----hmmm, i guess i feel more strongly about that than i realized. ANYWAY, another hook that some of the contests as part of your entry fee (these are usually $25 or more) also give you is a subscription to their publication--i guess so you or in this case, i, can see the work of real writers. Now do i throw it away before i open it or do i read part of it and see what i'm missing-i don't think that i have a table or chair leg that needs leveling--it would make a useful coaster until the plastic wore out--kind of hard to do archery when i don't have a bow anymore so it's useless as a target--gun practice? no, sheriff's deputies would frown on that--only way i can legally shoot a gun is if i am shooting a person in defense--no, i am not even gonna start on that-ah yes, my typical quandary in a conundrum (i do use that phrase every chance i get)

i will deal with it tomorrow--in the immortal words (paraphrased) of Scarlett O'Hara.
peace
-will-