The third week of the month

It's Magazine Sunday here in Texas, and I've got another stack to plow through today. Many of my coworkers know I'm a serial magazine subscriber. It's my one throw-back to old media. Most subscriptions are cheap ($10 a year), and it's easy to send in the postcard to start the subscription. I like to keep up with dozens of topics, so my subscription list reflects that need for variety. There's old-favorites like Sports Illustrated and Texas Monthly, tech/gadget mags like Laptop and Wired, industry mags like Television Week, and business/future-thinking magazines like Fast Company and Business 2.0. My regular favorites, however, are none of those. Though I work in the news business, I love reading The Economist. It's the one weekly news magazine that's filled with news I've not already read (or rewritten for broadcast/web at work). I also love reading The Atlantic.

The third week of the month? It's the week that all the monthly magazines hit my mailbox.

Gotta go, I've got lots to read.