times diary: 2/10/08
I woke up to my phone ringing, my friend on the other end of the phone wanted to confirm our plant to meet at the Temescal Farmer’s market. Before showering, I looked down my stairwell to see the little blue bag sitting inside the door. Picking up the paper Sunday morning is a key part of the weekend ritual. There’s always a small fear in my head that if I wait too long some other Times junkie will snag it.
No time to read at home so I quickly glance and recycle the Sports section, leave The Magazine, Travel and the Book Review on the table and stuff the rest in my bag. Once safely on the BART with bike semi-secured I dove into the Week in Review. Normally Leah and I have negotiate who gets WIR first but this week it was all mine.
I found the cover article about the American Establishment not as exciting as its accompanying graphic. (My feelings were soon seconded by my brother who was dually unimpressed.) Inside though there was a wealth of good reading. Best headline of the morning: “Hey, Massachusetts, New Jersey Is Passing on the Left.” Fascinating echo of the JFK lone gunman theory: “Some Killings Don’t Get Solved.” Insight into the effectiveness of attack ads: “Recalling the Maharishi and Carville’s Killer Ad.” And then of course Rich’s slam at Hillary, Kristoff’s excellent look at the paradox of women leaders and the Public Editor’s explanation of delegate counting. All that, and I’m still on the BART reading about the differences between tracking income versus consumption as economic indicators. And still in the Week in Review.
Several hours later, I started, stopped, and then finished on the BART home the Business cover story; a behind the scenes look at Disney’s theme park development which is trying to keep pace with digital entertainment. I managed to also skim through a bunch of Sunday Styles (notably the cover story on reducing carbon footprint in the suburbs and the stroller turf war in Park Slope.)
With only about half the paper read, the exciting Oscar preview in the magazine, the politically themed book review and Arts & Leisure will have to wait until tomorrow’s commute.
And as an online exclusive, check out the Times’ Breakthroughs short film.
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