{"id":13104,"date":"2013-12-02T07:05:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=13104"},"modified":"2013-11-29T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T20:55:40","slug":"monday-musing-readers-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/13104","title":{"rendered":"Monday Musing: Reader’s Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was walking through Periodicals and letting my eye browse the current issues, I was stopped by the cover of Reader’s Digest<\/em>‘s November 2013 issue: “Are you normal or nuts?” it asks. Well, of course I’d like to know. So I had to look at it.<\/p>\n

\"coverAnd once I had the issue in my hands, I found that I was interested in reading about “How to die on Facebook” and “Humble beginnings of 5 big ideas.” I was surprised (as perhaps you will be, too) to learn that “unfriend” is an ancient word, dating back to at least 1659 (See the Library database Oxford English Dictionary<\/a> if you are skeptical)! Yes, I was reminded how much I used to enjoy the Reader’s Digest<\/em>, with its vocabulary builder (It Pays to Increase Your WordPower), humor, and short articles and excerpts. For several years I also enjoyed a subscription to its cousin, Utne Reader<\/em>, which also offers many brief articles in every issue on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n

So the next time you have a little time, or need a little break, try a magazine like the Reader’s Digest<\/em>. It might give you conversation for the next party or lunch with a friend. The most current issue is on the magazine racks on the 2nd floor, near the Reference Desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I was walking through Periodicals and letting my eye browse the current issues, I was stopped by the cover of Reader’s Digest‘s November 2013 issue: “Are you normal or nuts?” it asks. Well, of course I’d like to know. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[52316,220,3200,939,1498,251,1643,2541],"class_list":["post-13104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-library","tag-curiosity","tag-fun-stuff","tag-humor","tag-leisure","tag-magazines","tag-reading","tag-trivia","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13104"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13110,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104\/revisions\/13110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}