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Just a suggestion

November 11, 2005 by Wendy

Maybe you should buy a Sunday New York Times this weekend. You can buy it other weekends of course, but perhaps you really should buy it this weekend. It’s a very big paper, yes, but you could just read one section… or, you know, whatever.

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  1. Spillwench says

    November 11, 2005 at 6:14 pm

    I’m not sure I know what you mean ;).
    Oh well, I guess I’ll get the times and figure it out, since you told me to get the times. Are there good coupons? The Sunday comics are usually good. Maybe you want to torture me with the crossword puzzle?
    This better be good.

  2. Ron says

    November 12, 2005 at 12:03 pm

    The crossword is really hard this week? Is that it?

  3. mykull says

    November 12, 2005 at 4:49 pm

    tyra, will you be featured in a fashion spread wearing your fat suit?

  4. Tassie says

    November 13, 2005 at 4:56 am

    I love that Big Ben alarm clock (assuming I pinned the right Wendy). Congrats on the article. I’m a total voyeur of people’s online lives, and yet it had never occurred to me to look at people’s wish lists. Damn you for introducing a new dimension to my online lurking!

  5. sPiKe says

    November 13, 2005 at 2:08 pm

    Yep, Big Ben is the right WMM — check her profile. (who knew — Marie!)

  6. marianne says

    November 13, 2005 at 3:04 pm

    I look at people’s wishlists too. But everyone I know is way less materialistic than me (4 pages), so I’m a bit embarassed by mine. I didn’t know you could put your fist in your mouth.

  7. Sidhedevil says

    November 13, 2005 at 4:12 pm

    You rule. I thought I was the only one who e-stalked my exes’ Amazon wishlists, hoping to see they all requesting copies of “Oh My God, Why Did I Act Like Such a Shit to That Amazing Woman?”

    So far, no dice.

    I also just read “I’m Not the New Me” and it’s brilliant. Genius. Brilliant and genius.

  8. Spillwench says

    November 13, 2005 at 4:19 pm

    Great article! Congrats! I’ve never even thought of looking up wish lists. I’m sure now I will become a total junkie, because this using wish lists to spy on people thing TOTALLY sounds like something I would do! Damn you for planting the thought in my head!!

  9. Wendy says

    November 13, 2005 at 4:37 pm

    Marianne–it’s the only interesting fact about me!

    As for the clock, a friend of mine has one in her guest room (hey Amy!) and I liked how it lights up with the alarm!

  10. Ancrene Wiseass says

    November 14, 2005 at 3:10 am

    Congratulations, Wendy!

  11. Ann says

    November 14, 2005 at 9:25 am

    OMG! Chris Ware, Elmore Leonard, and YOU!!!!! Congratulations. It would have been a great blog entry–how nice that it’s in the Sunday Magazine instead. And to think that just yesterday I was leaving a friend’s house in New York and the magazine section was on the breakfast table. If only I’d known to pick it up and say “oh yeah, I know her. She grew up in Oak Park.”

  12. Tamara says

    November 14, 2005 at 2:43 pm

    Congratulations!

  13. KellyLove says

    November 14, 2005 at 3:23 pm

    Wow, NYT Mag! Congratulations!

    I love reading other people’s wish lists…I think they say a lot about a person. I always wonder what people might infer about me from my wish list. Currently, it appears I am a creatively-frustrated, grammatically-fixated, geeky comic book girl with a penchant for musical theater. Scary.

    I am also addicted to searching other people’s Wists lists – http://www.wists.com. It’s like window shopping inside someone’s head.

  14. Amy says

    November 14, 2005 at 5:55 pm

    Congratulations, Wendy! And wow, my clock made it into your bedroom AND into the NYT? Exciting! Can I ride the clock’s coattails to fame? Do clock’s have coattails? Should some metaphors even be attempted, much less stretched to the point where they no longer make sense?

    What were we talking about again? Oh yeah, congratulations!

  15. Jill says

    November 14, 2005 at 10:08 pm

    I thought I was the only one who went wish list hunting. I feel much better knowing I’m not. 🙂

  16. Sarah says

    November 15, 2005 at 10:05 am

    I haven’t been so excited for someone I didn’t even know since Herman Cornejo was promoted to principal dancer at ABT (2003). The Sunday Times is a huge deal, and all your friends and fans should be making a huge fuss. Congratulations!!!!!

  17. sue says

    November 15, 2005 at 4:32 pm

    Finally, they put someone funny on the funny pages! It’s about time. I love Chris Ware, but he just doesn’t belong in that particular category.

  18. Carolyn says

    November 15, 2005 at 7:15 pm

    hee hee! great piece, but now I have another bad habit. BTW, you can order that clock new from, of all places, LL Bean: http://tinyurl.com/3ulv5 (and it works great).

  19. lisalog says

    November 17, 2005 at 1:39 pm

    Oh, the siren song of the Amazon wish list… after reading your article, I typed in the name of my high school/college/beyond crush only to find his wish list full of “baby’s first year” and “how to get your child to sleep through the night” books. The dream is over! *sob*

  20. Fil says

    November 19, 2005 at 3:06 am

    I forgot I used to do the same thing!!! Ain’t internet salking fun! Love the article! You is my Shero!

  21. Alice says

    November 19, 2005 at 5:48 pm

    I love Target and now I have to boycott it. It’s easy to stay away from WalMart. This is going to be hard but I’ll be strong.

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