Fish wrap

So I have been out of the loop for awhile. How ya been? No pithy observations today or wise words on lemurs or sleep disorders. The world is at sixes and sevens (have to look up what that means) and it is hard to focus on the lighter side. Although, the newspaper cartoons Zits, Dilbert, and Baby Blues help a lot.

But my newspaper did away with my other favorite comics. Seems like the paper just takes the comics from the lowest bidder. I am sure the new, cheap, use-only-to-wrap-fish cartoons are helping with the brutal bottom-line for newspaper managers, but it demonstrates the art of diminishing returns as readers become even further disenchanted with the paper and drift away.

I guess I am ready for an iPad and to go fully electronic with the Sunday funnies and the news it comes wrapped in. At least I can carry an iPad from room to room without having to balance a keyboard in the process. Nothing out there has had a screen big enough for me to read, so I welcome Steve Jobs' new creation. It has a niche in the market, at least for me. Hopefully for others as well, as I really need the price to come down before I can afford one.

Until then, I will continue to read what is left of the paper news and funnies and scan the headlines for something remotely relevant to my community and my life. Oh, and the newspaper has one superlative function that my (someday) new iPad doesn't: it can mop up my spilled coffee. Steve needs to think hard on that one. Maybe I can purchase an app or add-on for iPad that will serve the same purpose.