"This is the Journal-News subscription line, how may I help you?" "I'd like to cancel my subscription please." "I'm sorry to hear that ma'am, is there anything I can do to persuade you otherwise?" "No." "May I have your address please?" Address. "Could you confirm the phone?" Confirmed. "Rather canceling your subscription today, I'd be happy to continue it free of charge for a month so you have time to reconsider." "Thank you but no." "A free month of information, entertainme

So a friend who reads this blog asked me to explain this from my last entry, I quote myself: "I'm feeling the same as when I cancelled our subscription to the Journal-News years ago because of a letter to the editor re: new crossword difficulty relative to the time it took a man to poop. Yes, that happened." This one's for you Pete. When we first moved to our little village of Nyack, we thought it would be smart to subscribe to the local newspaper. Because...current events/