Of all the stupid things to worry about
Feb. 4th, 2003 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sierciaI can't decide whether or not to renew my Martha Stewart Living subscription. I know, this makes me a weenie of the highest order.
I'd pretty much decided not to bother, figuring I could use that $28 more constructively (or, you know, give it to some who needs it). I don't always have time to read it, although I enjoy it when I do, and it seems somewhat wasteful. But then the other week, I was at the grocery store, walked past the magazines, saw there was one I didn't have, and wanted to buy it, thinking my subscription had already run out.
So now I'm wondering, if I'm just giong to want to buy it every month, then it's stupid to NOT renew, since it'll cost me twice that to buy it off the news stand every month. But maybe I jsut need to brak the addiction, and I'll be fine, right?
Of all the stupid things to be thinking about. Someone just shoot me please?
I'd pretty much decided not to bother, figuring I could use that $28 more constructively (or, you know, give it to some who needs it). I don't always have time to read it, although I enjoy it when I do, and it seems somewhat wasteful. But then the other week, I was at the grocery store, walked past the magazines, saw there was one I didn't have, and wanted to buy it, thinking my subscription had already run out.
So now I'm wondering, if I'm just giong to want to buy it every month, then it's stupid to NOT renew, since it'll cost me twice that to buy it off the news stand every month. But maybe I jsut need to brak the addiction, and I'll be fine, right?
Of all the stupid things to be thinking about. Someone just shoot me please?
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Date: 2003-02-04 07:45 am (UTC)I would go ahead and do it.
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Date: 2003-02-04 12:27 pm (UTC)Flee the evil f the woman whose mission in life is to make all other woman feel inferior!
Martha Stewart is evil incarnate!
Let her rot in prison!
Get back devil of doilies!
Satan of kitch projects!
Dear God let this craft fair monster leave this world alone!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
In other words, I'd say don't bother renewing the subscription.
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Date: 2003-02-04 07:03 pm (UTC)metalliman502 says jenn is silly
Date: 2003-02-04 08:32 pm (UTC)well i have to agree with you it is a pretty silly thing to worry about, but then aagain you are a Mercier and we do tend to worry about silly things
love ya,
james
How about your maiden name?
Date: 2003-02-07 11:21 am (UTC)The M-W Word of the Day for February 7 is:
amerce \uh-MERSS\ (verb)
: to punish by a fine whose amount is fixed by the court;
_broadly_ : punish
Example sentence:
Joe was dismayed to learn that for his second violation,
the judge would be amercing him in the vast sum of $600.
Did you know?
If you break the law, you could find yourself "at the
mercy" of the court. As you await your punishment (hoping that
the judge will in fact be merciful), you may want to ponder the
history of "amerce." It begins with the Old French phrase "a
merci," meaning "at (one's) mercy," which in turn gave rise to
the Anglo-French verb "amercier" (same meaning as "amerce").
Middle English speakers adopted the French word as "amercien,"
which was later modernized to "amerce." In addition to the legal
use, "amerce" can also be used in a more general sense for the
infliction of any sort of punishment, monetary or otherwise.