If the subscribers think of it that way, what does that mean about non-subscribers?

Why I still read the comic strip “Luann” baffles me, because I don’t think that girl will ever have the brains of Bernice, the sass of Delta, or the fashion sense of Tiffany. But, Luann and the rest of the newspaper complete my morning.

The Jumble and NYT crossword are fun, too. I like the comics, and I do scan the obituaries.

What would a Sunday be without “Parade” and finding out what Howard Huge is up to, or if I can outwit Marilyn vos Savant? Who is James Brady “in step with” this week?

It’s all part of the ritual, and I can get all of these things in one convenient and portable package — a package that works great at deterring weed growth when you lay it on the ground, wet it down, and cover it with mulch (as seen in the “Home & Garden” section.)

Well, those weren’t exactly my points. What can be accomplished in 15-20 minutes in terms of reading a newspaper? Probably not much. But a lot more can be accomplished with an hour of reading all across the net. It’s an efficiency thing.

- Just wanted you to know, RunnerGirl, that you’re not alone.

2) Expand Metro/Local. That’s the point of a local paper- to get info you can’t get anywhere else. Local stories, broken by by region of the City, would be nice (they already break down somewhat with area specific editions). Police Blotter please? Best gas prices? Local establishment evaluations and price comparisons? Local events at the neighborhood level?

3) Stop with the “Human Interest” stories in the A (”World/National News”) section. Human interest stories belong in a section not related to news- “Scene”, etc. When looking at world news, I don’t want to have to flip through pages and pages about the fat local person who can’t waddle through the isles at the supermarket, and is “making a difference by educating business owners about the benefits of making their business more [insert disability or lifestyle]-friendly for the .0000001% of people with the [insert disability or lifestyle] condition.”

4) Stop PC-ing the news. The “person of interest allegedly shot after an alleged carjacking and alleged high speed chase” is a “scumbag shot while terrorizing the community, who hopefully will rot in hell. Good riddance from all of us at the Sac Bee!” (I smell a Pulitzer!) And for goodness sake, who at the Bee decided to eliminate racial characteristics from suspect descriptions? “Police are looking for a male, age 18-21, 6 feet tall,” is utterly meaningless. If he was described as asian, put that in there.

5) Finally, if you are going to use a 4 color printing process, LINE UP THE DAMN MACHINE so the photos aren’t all blurry, like I need to put on the 3-D glasses.

In all seriousness, I don’t think that anyone who reads the paper tunes out all other news. I think that most us scan many of the major news sources online multiple times each day.

I think the internet will become less free over time, and the profits will flow from that.

I would support anything new the Bee would be doing. Healthy family activities, family trivia quizes, healthy senior groups..workout groups (not the sitting on the chair and kicking your legs around thing), etc.

I wish they’d pump up their Wednesday Taste section. Perhaps more on local cooks, ie., “she/he is known as the best cook in the neighborhood”..maybe stories about kid chefs in the Sac area. We have enough food-type blogs in the area that one could be highlited each week in the “what’s cooking on the web” section for quite some time. Think local.

That, or do what the papers in England do: BOOBS!