[Jubal Madison]

“breakfast is coffee and a newspaper...”

We are a dying breed, friend. I get up at 5:00 AM Sunday, brew a pot of Maxwell House and fire up my pipe. Grab the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and read the paper in my garage. Sitting there with my pipe full of Prince Albert, a big mug of black, steaming coffee and the feel of the Ark. DG in my hands, I feel completely satisfied. My family is still asleep, I am alone in the morning stillness with only my thoughts - and it occurs to me: Although I have only a modest home in a subdivision, and neither fame nor fortune, right now I am completely satisfied. God has truly Blessed me, we should all feel so rich. And to think a simple pipe, cup of coffee and a newspaper has put me in such a mood.—JM

[stainlessbanner]

Excellent description. Enjoyed your words, JM

[thecodont]

We are a dying breed, friend. I get up at 5:00 AM Sunday, brew a pot of Maxwell House and fire up my pipe. Grab the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and read the paper in my garage.

That sounds downright cozy.

Swap the Maxwell House for Yuban and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette for the Los Angeles Times, and it's a deal.

[iopscusa]

Your habits mirror mine....now I only read the local print rag's Sunday ed. instead of the 3 or 4 print papers I read 20 years ago. Any real news and info plus a lot of relevant historical background, I get online. This method is so much more interesting, fresh and educational than the deadtree/plastic one way news providers, that IMO the print papers are dead, the broadcast media on TV is fatally wounded and the non-conservative radio is too. There is no going back to the one size fits all, all the news fit to print business models....’they are dead, Jim’.