August 21, 2017
Feast of Euprepius of Verona

BIRTHDAYS

Count Basie 1904
Friz Freleng 1906
Jim McMahon 1959

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

*08/08/17 Planet Rock: The magazine where rock lives.
*08/08/17 Women’s High Intensity Interval Training Book: 50 workouts inside.
*08/04/17 Fat Quarter Collection: 52 fresh fabric ideas to sew today. UK.
08/01/17 PEPLVM Magazine: A vision of poetic fashion. UK.
08/01/17 Fräulein: Printed in Germany.

 
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY

There will be no full moon next February.
— 2018 Farmers’ Almanac

In 1945, 30,000 people were members of the fan club of a crossdressing Eastern gray squirrel named Tommy Tucker.
— 2018 Harris Farmer’s Almanac

City Newsstand’s HEADLINE WORLD
Fake News since before it was fashionable!

PUMPKIN-SEED SPITTING CHAMP ACCIDENTALLY GROWS RECORD SETTING PUMPKIN

THE NEW FORD DETOUR RECALLED DUE TO ISSUES WITH ITS STEERING

BATS THE SIZE OF FLYING CHIHUAHUAS INVADE THE U.S.

MAN WHO FIGURED IT WAS OK TO LOOK AT SUN COZ ECLIPSE WAS A WEEK AWAY,
REALLY GETTING INTO AUDIOBOOKS

KOALA: “Whaddya mean I’m not really a bear?”

Weekly Words of Wisdom

Don’t dive in until you know how deep the water is.

Fictitious Customer of the Week

Barry Towne