darnit.

one of my FAVORITE magazines in the entire world, "Victoria," has ceased publication.

I got a little card in the mail today saying my subscription would be finished out with copies of "Health" magazine. Now, while "Health" is a very nice magazine (I read it in the campus nurse's office while waiting for allergy shots), it is NOT Victoria and I do NOT consider it an acceptable replacement.

darn it darn it darn it darn it

I guess the world was just too tough for a magazine that had "Because 'nice' matters" as its tagline.

I guess I'll call the 1-800 number on the little card and see what else they can offer me. Not that I have a *reason* to reject "Health" (it's not like I have a subscription already), it's just...I get Eating Well and Cooking Light and I can read "Health" in the nurse's office.

and I have to admit, I am turned off by a magazine whose readers take it upon themselves to write snarky letters about how a (rare) chocolate-cake-treat recipe "didn't belong" in the magazine because it was, after all, a magazine about "health". Ekkk. Get over yourselves, people.

sigh. I'm going through that feeling of midsummer "meh" (like one of the other knitbloggers, I can't remember who now, was saying), and little bad surprises like that throw me more.