 May
29, 2009
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
BIRTHDAYS
Bob Hope 1903
John F. Kennedy 1917
Danny Elfman 1953
NEW MAGAZINES
All titles below are new to the
store but those with a * are also newly
published.
05/28/09
Biodiesel Smarter: The magazine for biodiesel enthusiasts.
*05/27/09 Jamie Magazine: Jamie
Oliver's cooking bimonthly. UK.
05/27/09 Mutineer: Fine
beverage... redefined.
05/27/09
Destin Magazine: Crown jewel of Florida's Emerald Coast.
05/27/09 Western Art Collector: Previews
of works for sale at upcoming shows.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY
A finger of the Gulf of Mexico once extended
all the way North to Southern Illinois.
-- June Earth
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BREEDER CROSSES A
LABRADOODLE WITH A DACHSHUND TO CREATE THE WORLD'S FIRST STRETCH
LABRADOODLE!
62% OF TRAFFIC JAMS CAUSED
BY AMISH HACKERS!
NEW NO-FRILLS AIRLINE
STAFFED BY GREMLINS!
HOUSECATS TASTE LIKE TURKEY!
BUSHY-TAILED RAIN! AKRON
PELTED WITH THOUSANDS OF LIVE SQUIRRELS!
May
27, 2009
Feast of Eutropius
BIRTHDAYS
Wild Bill Hickok 1837
Lee Meriwether 1935
Frank Thomas 1968
In the store today I mentioned to a bunch of
folks that today would have been Dashiell Hammett's 115th birthday.
Without exception, everyone I told said the same thing.
"Who?"
I realize the guy's been dead for a good long
while but I found this depressing nonetheless. Hammett, the author
of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man among others, virtually invented
the hard-boiled private-eye genre. His detectives were not the
highhanded eggheads that had been written about up until -- and
considerably after -- his time. They were working men.
Professionals. Manhunters. They were not brilliant and
egotistical they were competent and wisecracking. His stories
weren't about 8 well-born rich people in a country house they were about
bartenders and pickpockets, dreamers and schemers. They were about
people who lived in flophouses and drank cheap whiskey, people who gambled
in backroom casinos and clobbered snoopy detectives on the back of the
head when they got the chance.
It's a shame his books aren't taught in
school. There's nothing wrong with James Fennimore Cooper and
Nathaniel Hawthorne but I'd like to see some high schools assign Red
Harvest as required reading.
Oh well. Happy Birthday Dash, wherever you
are.
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
*05/22/09
New York Mets Yearbook: CitiField inaugural season.
*05/22/09 Philadelphia Phillies
Yearbook: Annual.
*05/21/09 Florida Marlins Yearbook: Annual.
05/21/09
Mood Europe: English edition. Printed in Italy.
*05/21/09 Movement:
Swiss made.
05/21/09 Esse: Arts + opinions.
*05/20/09 Pank: Non-profit
literary magazine from Michigan.
05/20/09 Homeland Security Today: Homeland security insight
& analysis.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY
Only 24 Fortune 500 companies saw their stock rise in 2008. The top
two were Dollar Tree and Family Dollar.
-- 2009 Fortune 500
In the last 100 years only 14 people have been
killed by mountain lions in North America. In that same span of time
over 10,000 deaths have been caused by deer.
-- June Arizona Highways
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MEDICAL MIRACLE! AMAZING
NEW SURGICAL PROCEDURE CAN MAKE TOM CRUISE OVER FIVE FEET TALL!
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
PREFERS THE WORD 'CRYPTOZOID' OVER 'MONSTER'
JERSEY DEVIL: "'CRYPTOZOID'
FOR ME, TOO, PLEASE!"
BIGFOOT: "I AIN'T NO !@&*# CRYPTOZOID! ARRGGHH!"
JACKALOPE ELECTED TO
SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL!
May
23, 2009
Montenegrin Independence Day
BIRTHDAYS
Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis 1843
Fats Waller 1904
Peggy Cass 1924
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
*05/19/09
Michelle Obama 100 Days of Style: Every great outfit!
*05/16/09 America's Favorite Chicken
Recipes: 87 new recipe ideas.
*05/16/09 Good Housekeeping Grilling
for Every Day: 137 best-ever recipes!
05/16/09
Best You: Health & joy begin here.
*05/15/09 Rebel Ink:
A tattoo magazine with attitude.
05/15/09 Overseas Living: The definitive guide to living
abroad. UK.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY
The character of the farm hand Zeke was created for the 1939 movie version
of The Wizard of Oz and was not in the original book.
-- May 25 New Yorker
In January, for the first time ever, more
automobiles were sold in China than in the United States.
-- June Harper's
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DARWIN WAS WRONG -- MAN
DESCENDED FROM KANGAROOS!
POPULAR MAYOR UNIVERSALLY
LOATHED
DESCENDANT OF NIETZSCHE HIT
BY TRUCK NOT KILLED BUT CONSIDERABLY WEAKENED
HONEST CHICAGO ALDERMAN
EATEN ALIVE BY REST OF CITY COUNCIL
UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE NOW
HIRING
May
20, 2009
World Metrology Day
BIRTHDAYS
James Stewart 1908
George Gobel 1919
Stan Mikita 1940
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
05/15/09
Extreme Fighter Magazine: News · interviews · rankings.
*05/13/09 Obama in the First 100 Days:
Hope & change.
05/13/09 Cuisine et Vins de
France: Bimonthly in French.
05/13/09
Bell Maison a Louer: En Francais et Anglais.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
Except for writing to his Mom when he was in the army, 76 year-old actor
Michael Caine has never written a letter.
-- June Reader's Digest
Ewan McGregor, who played Obi Wan Kenobi in Star
Wars Episodes 1-3 is the nephew of Denis Lawson, who played rebel pilot
Wedge Antilles in Episodes 4-6.
-- May/June Star Wars Insider
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SPELUNKERS DISCOVER PACK OF
CAVE DOGS LIVING OVER A MILE UNDERGROUND!
ORPHAN BOY RAISED BY
KANGAROOS CAN'T STOP HOPPING!
TOM CRUISE WORSHIPPED AS A
GOD ON THE PLANET OF THE HOMUNCULI!
CHESS TOURNAMENT AT
NEBRASKA ZOO PITS DEER VS. ANTELOPE
AKC CONSIDERING SANCTIONING
NEW BREED -- WEREWOLVES!
May
16, 2009
Middlesex Day
BIRTHDAYS
Henry Fonda 1905
Studs Terkel 1912
Yvonne Craig 1937
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
05/13/09
I Heart Magazine: Photography.
*05/09/09 Coastal Living Color It
Coastal: The ultimate guide to easy beach style.
05/09/09
Yikes!: OMG! Teens & tweens.
05/09/09 The Knot Chicago: The
ultimate wedding guide to Chicagoland | Peoria | Champaign | Rock Island |
Rockford.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
First Gear's Komatsu 960E is their largest 1/50 scale model ever, weighing
in at over 7 pounds.
-- May Toy Trucker & Contractor
The barreleye fish has a transparent head.
-- May BBC Focus
An
IMAX projector costs $5 million and weighs as much as a male hippopotamus.
-- June Discover
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QUEST FOR BIRD FIGURINE
RESULTS IN MULTIPLE HOMICIDE!
New evidence proves...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ONLY FIVE-FOOT-FIVE!
TEXAS WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO
CHIMP!
SEXY YOUNG CELEBRITY IS A
BUSINESSWOMAN -- NOT A WORKING GIRL
THOUSANDS GATHER TO PRAY AT
SITE OF SWEATING STATUE OF ELVIS!
May
13, 2009
Feast of the Lemures
BIRTHDAYS
Jim Jones 1931
Harvey Keitel 1939
Carrie Prejean 1987
Playboy
is considering reducing the number of issues it publishes in a year and
has already decided to combine this year's July and August issues.
They're also talking about making over the magazine to make it more
appealing to younger readers. Who else beside me thinks that new Playboy
CEO Jerome Kern is just showboating?
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
05/08/09
World of Rods: Traditional · kustom · hi-tech · commercial.
05/08/09 Inside Wisconsin
Sports: Everything sports that Wisconsin has to offer.
05/08/09
Quiltmaker's Quilting & Embroidery: Quarterly.
05/08/09
The Highlander: The magazine of Scottish heritage.
05/08/09 How Journal: An art
and literary journal.
05/08/09
The Ultimate Guide to Web Design: Everything you need to build
perfect sites.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
When Tiger Woods was off the PGA Tour recuperating from surgery,
television viewership declined 47%.
-- May 11 Time
The bar in the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, Ireland
offers a $1,400 mai tai, Guinness Book-certified as the world's most
expensive cocktail.
-- Modern Drunkard #55
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TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH
MARRIED THE SAME WOMAN ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND NEVER KNEW!
MAN BUYS HIS OWN CEMETERY SO
HE CAN BE BURIED NEXT TO HIS DOGS!
PRIVATE EYE DOUBLE-CROSSED BY
HIS OWN PARTNER!
KENTUCKY SPELUNKERS SENT TO
AFGHANISTAN TO FERRET OUT BIN LADEN!
WRITER WRITES A BOOK ABOUT
A WRITER WHO WRITES A BOOK ABOUT A WRITER WHO WRITES BOOKS
May
9, 2009
Europe Day
BIRTHDAYS
Anton Cermak 1873
The
June Empire has a special guest editor -- Steven Spielberg.
Interviewees include Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint
Eastwood, Francis Coppola, Tom Cruise, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson,
Tom Hanks, George Lucas and James Cameron.
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
05/06/09
Planet Africa: Celebrating worldwide achievements. Canada
05/06/09 Hot Shoe: UK.
05/03/09
Puzzler Brain Trainer: Fun puzzles for a fitter mind.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
The Number 1 single in the UK right now is "Number 1" by Tinchy
Stryder featuring N-Dubz.
-- May 9 Billboard
Film Director Stephen Spielberg never drinks
coffee.
-- June Empire
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KANGAROO FOUND IN NYC
NIGHTCLUB MENS ROOM
IT'S RAINING MICE! Orlando
pelted with thousands of field mice -- Disney denies involvement!
WOMAN HAS SEXTUPLETS -- BY
6 DIFFERENT FATHERS!
New evidence proves... THE
WALRUS WAS JOHN!
MONKEY IN OHIO ZOO HAS TWO
HEADS AND STILL THROWS ITS POOP AT PEOPLE!
May 6, 2009
International No Diet Day
BIRTHDAYS
Sigmund Freud 1856
Rudolph Valentino 1895
Orson Welles 1915
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
04/30/09
Belle Australia: The ultimate street magazine.
04/30/09 FHM Australia: Now
with 28% more manliness.
*04/29/09
Der Spiegel Wissen: Mein Ich. Germany.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
A "Bonanza" convention will be held September 10th to 14th in
Stateline, NV.
-- May/June Nevada
Robins don't sing when there are chicks in the
nest.
-- May Birds & Blooms
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JERSEY DEVIL NURSES LOST
KITTEN BACK TO HEALTH!
ERRANT COUGAR ANNOYS LOCAL
COCKER SPANIEL
TWO-HEADED BUFFALO NICKEL
HAS NO BUFFALO ON IT!
CHRYSLER'S SECRET COMEBACK
PLAN: FLYING CARS!
GEORGE W. BUSH WORKING DAY
AND NIGHT ORGANIZING HIS SMASHED PENNY COLLECTION
May
2, 2009
Derby Day
NEW MAGAZINES
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store but those with a * are also newly
published.
04/29/09
Dell Puzzle Lovers Sudoku: Bimonthly.
04/28/09 Street Elements: The ultimate street
magazine.
04/28/09 Chihuahua Connection: Magazine
for Chihuahuas and their people.
04/28/09 NAM: National
Airsoft Magazine.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM
READING MAGAZINES TODAY
Liechtenstein is the world's largest exporter of false teeth.
-- May/June Science Illustrated
The longest animal in the world is the bootlace
worm, which can grow up to 180 feet long.
-- May/June Science Illustrated
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AMISH HACKERS WORKING DAY
AND NIGHT TO CREATE INTERNET VIRUS BASED ON SWINE FLU!
BERNIE MADOFF'S PRISON CELL
HAUNTED BY THE GHOST OF CHARLES NELSON REILLY!
WAS EINSTEIN THE WORLD'S
SMARTEST WEREWOLF?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MAY HAVE
HAD BIGFOOT ANCESTRY!
HAS BLAGO RIGGED IT WITH
TRUMP TO WIN THE NEXT CELEBRITY APPRENTICE?
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