The following link is an article by David Sedaris written for the New Yorker in 2009. The piece is titled "Standing By". Its hilarious. http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=2010-08-09#folio=033 My thoughts; First of all, absolutely hilarious. Secondly, what is it about writing something funny? it seems much harder to really write something that will make a reader fall over with laughter. Are comedians smarter people? They certainly seem to be the unhappier of the bunch. Think about how many comedians have killed themselves. Anyway, thats besides the point. I just brought up this piece because I think its amusing, easy to read, but also seen in one of America's favorite, some would call it literary, magazines. The New Yorker is an American staple like TIME or LIFE- it is a part of the American newsstand, a part of our culture, a part of us. As times change and we begin to lose magazines on the newsstand and instead, they appear on our iphone stand, will it still be as much a part of our culture, a staple per se? Or will modernization change the good old American magazine?