Thursday's News

Here's what the news looked like on Thursday. It changes every day. I'm pretty much over the Michael Jackson story at this point. I think Joseph Jackson is to blame for everything that went wrong with Michael.

Last Stand for Newsstand

One of the last of the old style newsstands in the city. This one won't be around for long. Hopefully the new one won't be as crooked, though it is kind of charming the way this one leans over to the side. The shiny new ones are being installed at a feverish pace around the city. This old style one was located directly across from my house. I think I bought some candy bars there once or twice. It's been replaced with a brand new one.

Cemusa, a Spanish company, has a $1 Billion "street furniture" contract to replace all of the 330 newsstands, 3,500 bus stop shelters and 20 public toilets.

This photographer documented most of the newsstands in the city as part of her NYC Newsstand Project.

Subway Broadsheeting

This dapper bespectacled gentleman displays the proper way to fold and read a broadsheet newspaper on a semi-crowded New York City subway car. It's the safe and courteous thing to do.

Here are the four simple steps (courtesy of wikihow).

1. Fold your paper as soon as you get it, preferably before boarding public transportation. Fold it in half lengthwise, both ways. This will create a flexible, two-way crease. Then fold the newspaper back along the vertical crease.
2. Find your desired page by leafing through the paper, using the top corners. This takes up little space and provides for better handling.
3. Fold the left page back along the vertical crease. You will be able to read the outer columns of the left and right pages. To read the inner columns, fold both pages back along the newspaper's center crease.
4. Fold the paper half horizontally, into quadrants, for better handling.

I like newspaper reading even in the digital age. It's important to have your very own newspaper because I don't like to share mine. But if you ask nicely...you can have the sports section.

Priority Seating Goggles

Not planned at all. Just looked up and the newspaper fell open like this.

"Even the thought of trying to strap on leaky, foggy raccoon-eye goggles is enough to sink the workout of many swimmers. But just as indoor pools are heating up for the winter, new underwater eye gear has surfaced."