Comments on: What’s In the Weeklies? Week of May 21 http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/whats-in-the-weeklies-week-of-may-21/ Politics and Culture from KY Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: adamogron http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/whats-in-the-weeklies-week-of-may-21/#comment-382 adamogron Wed, 21 May 2008 21:06:35 +0000 http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-382 That Velocity article made me puke a little. That Velocity article made me puke a little.

]]> By: stateofthecommonwealth http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/whats-in-the-weeklies-week-of-may-21/#comment-377 stateofthecommonwealth Wed, 21 May 2008 14:44:17 +0000 http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-377 Yeah, though I don't really like the show on its terms, if you like it as it is, that's fine by me. Diff'rent strokes and all that (whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?). It's when people claim that it has any basis in reality (or at least, more than one particular writer's reality which doesn't really relate to any of the struggling freelancers I know in New York), that's when I get a little bugged. One thing I'm just now thinking of that the article <i>didn't</i> cover, though, is how much easier it would be <i>to</i> live that sort of excessive lifestyle in Louisville, given how much cheaper things are here. Granted I only quickly scanned the article, but I didn't see that in there. When median home prices are still less than $150,000, one can probably buy a lotta Manolos (or whatever) if one makes $50K or more yearly... Yeah, though I don’t really like the show on its terms, if you like it as it is, that’s fine by me. Diff’rent strokes and all that (whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?). It’s when people claim that it has any basis in reality (or at least, more than one particular writer’s reality which doesn’t really relate to any of the struggling freelancers I know in New York), that’s when I get a little bugged.

One thing I’m just now thinking of that the article didn’t cover, though, is how much easier it would be to live that sort of excessive lifestyle in Louisville, given how much cheaper things are here. Granted I only quickly scanned the article, but I didn’t see that in there. When median home prices are still less than $150,000, one can probably buy a lotta Manolos (or whatever) if one makes $50K or more yearly…

]]> By: Michelle http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/whats-in-the-weeklies-week-of-may-21/#comment-376 Michelle Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:46 +0000 http://stateofthecommonwealth.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-376 You know I don't even pick up LEO or Velocity unless you tell me there is a really good story in one of them. Seriously, I just wait for your What's In the Weeklies to determine if I should even bother glancing at them. Sex and the City is totally removed from reality and even further removed from what my life looks like (old, boring, with the same partner for a million years, etc). That said I love it and am really looking forward to the film. You know I don’t even pick up LEO or Velocity unless you tell me there is a really good story in one of them. Seriously, I just wait for your What’s In the Weeklies to determine if I should even bother glancing at them.

Sex and the City is totally removed from reality and even further removed from what my life looks like (old, boring, with the same partner for a million years, etc). That said I love it and am really looking forward to the film.

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