June 22, 2015
Feast of Paulinus of Nola

BIRTHDAYS
Billy Wilder 1906
Paul Frees 1920
Stephen Chow 1962

NEW MAGAZINES
All titles below are new to the store but those with a * are also newly published.

*06/20/15 BBC Medieval Life: The stories of ordinary people in the middle ages. UK.
*06/19/15 Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: A royal collection. UK.
*06/16/15 The Dalai Lama: Teacher, leader, man of peace.
06/16/15 The Messenger: Netherlands.
*06/14/15 Cooks Illustrated All-Time Best: American classics.
06/14/15 In Residence: The magazine of the Design Center of the Merchandise Mart.

THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY

Men sweat up to twice as much as women.
— July/August Discover

New movie theatres are opening in China at the current average rate of 15 screens per day.
— July Harper’s

City Newsstand’s HEADLINE WORLD
As always, 100% T.R.U.E.! (Trumped-up, Reliably Unreliable & Ersatz)

GRIZZLED OLD BLUESMAN ACTUALLY QUITE HAPPY

U.S. DEVELOPS NEW SUPER-CAMELS: 12-FEET TALL & CAN GO 2 MONTHS WITHOUT WATER!

DRACULA’S GIRLFRIEND TRYING TO MAKE HIM A VEGETARIAN

VEGAN RESTAURANT SERVES VEGANS!

MINISTER MARRIES HIS OWN DAUGHTER and her fiancée…

 
Weekly Words of Wisdom

If you want something done right you have to do it yourself. Then, after you’ve made a mess of it, you’ll be more inclined to pay somebody who actually knows what he’s doing.

Fictitious Customer of the Week

Bruce Umbier