Newspapers Suck

I had a great morning.  Up at 6.  Dropped my daughter off at Mill Creek High School at 630.

Went to the gym (back on track it seems).  After all of that, I stopped at one of my favorite coffee joints to grab some joe and some breakfast.

I wanted something to read while I chilled out for 15 minutes or so. I didn’t have my iPad with me or a book, so I decided to buy a newspaper (gasp!).  First I went for the USA today.  It was actually sold out.  So, I picked up the Atlanta Journal & Constitution.  It cost me a buck! (same as USA Today).

I took the paper out of the machine (the outdoor kind that takes quarters).  The first thing I noticed was how super thin and light this one dollar paper was.  Once I sat down with it, I scanned the front page for something worth reading.  Sadly, nothing seemed worth 4 minutes of my life.  I flipped through all of the sections.  The very last section was called “living” or something like that.  I found one story there that I liked about “the moments that sustain us”.  It was a cool little piece about how the small things in life are the ones we remember forever.

If I’d had my book or my iPad or my Mac, there’s no way I’d have paid $1 for this lame excuse for a paper that gave me one sorta “meh” story.

I’m quite certain that I’m stating the obvious here, but…

Newspapers are dead!

btw, I’m not saying that print is dead.  But newspapers definitely are.

(originally posted at ForwardSlashLife.com )