# Periodical Subscriptions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632 "1999-09-28T16:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/1 "1999-09-28T16:14:00Z")
We had a thread here recently on the topic of books you are currently reading. It gave me the idea for this one. I was just kind of waiting for it to head down the list for a while before posting this one. What periodicals do you suscribe to or read regularly? I get three currently, not counting the various trade magazines. They’re like the e-pollution in my inbox. Way too many and not real useful. ## [ul][li]National Geographic - nice publication and great photos although the maps aren’t what they used to be.[/li][li]Car and Driver - good reviews on cars I will never be able to afford.[/li][li]U.S. News & World Report - it can’t all be for fun.[/ul][/li] One complete set of morals for sale to highest bidder, new in box. ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/2 "1999-09-28T16:41:00Z")
The only one I get is and enjoy is _Popular Science_. I love reading about them new fangled inventions. A friend got me a subscription to _Black Belt_ magazine for my latest birthday (maybe as a joke, because I am pretty sure they know I hate that magazine, but I am prtty sure it would be rude to ask if the gift was a joke or not). Anyway, I get it, and I do read the various adverstisments because they are VERY funny (my favorite is about the guy who has won hundreds of street fights and rubs a neo-nazi’s head in a bar then proceeds to trash them all … I am chuckling while writing this), even if they don’t mean to be. Occasionally, I will read an article, and occasionally the articles can be good. Not occasional enough that I would spend my money on it though. * * * What more could you expect from somebody who lets people kick him to the head? ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/3 "1999-09-28T16:43:00Z")
My wife would like it to be known that she gets practically every parenting and baby magazine known to mankind (our credit card can attest to this). She also gets Consumer Reports (which I do read from time to time) and Redbook. * * * What more could you expect from somebody who lets people kick him to the head? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/4 "1999-09-28T16:50:00Z")
My only subscription is to _Transworld Snowboarding_. Mostly I just like to look at pictures of mountains and pretend I am the one doing the rodeos flips. I even like to look at the ads. Damn me for being born in a prarie state. I used to get _ArtNews_ but my subscription ran out and I never resubscribed. It had some good stuff on modern art, though. * * * “Eppur, si muove!” - Galileo Galilei ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/5 "1999-09-29T05:37:00Z")
_Sesame Street Magazine_ is the only magazine to which I currently subscribe. For my daughter. Really. I do like _Barbie Bazaar,_ because I sort of collect Barbies. I say “sort of,” because I don’t have the money to spend on all the Barbies I really want. My husband reads _Guitar Player_ every month. The only reason we don’t have a subscription to it is because we just keep getting too busy to take three seconds & fill out the form. Christmas is coming, though. Maybe I’ll fill out the form for him. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/6 "1999-09-29T05:48:00Z")
National Geographic MAD Magazine Car & Driver Four-Wheel Drive & Offroad Magazine I also am getting (for free) a magazine called “The Edge”. It seems to be aimed at pseudo-manly men in the 25 to 55 year old range. I’m not sure why I’m still getting it (I’ve gotten like 8 “complimentary” issues). It basically sucks, and I’d never actually spend money on it. * * * “What I wonder is why people are so afraid of everybody coming up with their own reality on their own terms.” - Jerry Garcia ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/7 "1999-09-28T18:03:00Z")
Time Electronic Gaming Monthly Smart Reseller Inside Technology Training and a bunch more of trade publications * * * Just add water, it makes it’s own sauce! ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/8 "1999-09-28T18:07:00Z")
Sky & Telescope Astronomy Skeptical Inquirer Animal’s Agenda ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/9 "1999-09-28T18:10:00Z")
Sky and Telescope Firehouse Fire Engineering Model Railroader Proceedings (US Naval Institute) Popular Science Popular Mechanics * * * Jeremy… I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/10 "1999-09-28T18:10:00Z")
I get to read tons of magazines at work. Favorites include _Details_, _Billboard_, numerous radio trade publications and fanzines. * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/11 "1999-09-28T18:21:00Z")
Reader’s Digest Writer’s Digest Gardenpost ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/12 "1999-09-28T18:47:00Z")
I get a lot of free mags at work, too, mostly crrrrrrap…TIME, PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. At least my WC is always fully stocked with trivial reading matter. Stuff I actually PAY for: THE NEW YORKER (yes, it’s sucked ever since Harold Ross died, dagnabbit. But the recent arts coverage has often been tasty…the articles on Balthus and the Shaggs and Yeats-in-love and the meanspirited review of the Gustave Moreau exhibit at the Met.) BON APPETIT COOKS ILLUSTRATED SIMPLE COOKING DOWNBEAT HISTORICAL DIVER * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/13 "1999-09-28T19:05:00Z")
Self Better Homes and Gardens Martha Stweart’s Living And I steal Veterinary Technician from work. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/14 "1999-09-28T19:28:00Z")
Having worked for a magazine clearinghouse, one of my perks was free or super-low cost subscriptions. Parenting Newsweek Rolling Stone Playstation Magazine US Entertainment Weekly Reader’s Digest Wired Home Office Computing Elle Decor Home Jane POV Individual Investor Ellery Queen I really ought to start taking them to the nearest high school art teachers when I finish them… Instead they just stack up for months before I finally get overrun and transfer them in the recycle bin. * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/15 "1999-09-28T19:33:00Z")
Reader’s Digest Family Circle This Old House Magazine Yahoo! Internet Life – (I subscribed on a whim and got the first issue a few days ago. It’s really good, not what I expected at all!) ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/16 "1999-09-28T20:15:00Z")
SkinDiver, Sport Diver, Dive Training, Aqua,Scuba Diving, Qst, Spectrum, Popular Science, Archeology, Discover, Wood, PC Magazine. I think that’s all for me. My wife gets a couple of others. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/17 "1999-09-28T20:19:00Z")
I haven’t missed an issue of Scientific American since 1975. I don’t always understand all the articles but I can’t live without it. ## I also subscribe to Harper’s but that was mostly for the double-crostic puzzle in the back which has been discontinued, so I won’t renew. They occasionally have an interesting and/or provocative article. “non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem” – William of Ockham ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/18 "1999-09-28T20:30:00Z")
Right now I’m down to Reader’s Digest, Smithsonian, and a few trade rags. I have been an RD subscriber for 20+ years, it’s good WC reading. Smithsonian is great. I usually go cover to cover the day it arrives. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/19 "1999-09-28T20:45:00Z")
Smithsonian Natural History The American Spectator - 2 newspapers every day ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632/20 "1999-09-28T21:13:00Z")
Mutual Funds ( free subscription due to freq. flyer miles) American History ( Same reason as above) I have a confession: When I am at the OB or the Pediatricians office, I swipe the older copies of Parenting, Pregnancy etc…( they have to have duplicates still available and be older than 4 months to balm my soul.) I would like a subscribtion to: Smithsonian Reader’s Digest Parenting Book Horn ( I think it’s called, geared for book store owners and teachers describing up and coming books to take a look at, but it’s like $24 a year ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodical-subscriptions/8632.md?page=2)