Oh, Wow
ENTRY #52
1010.12
Issue #12 of How It Works arrived at my local Borders yesterday, and I quickly picked up a copy. Other a quick glance at the cover, I didn't look at it right way. When I did finally get a chance to look through it, I was somewhat surprised.
When I reviewed How It Works a few months ago, I mentioned that the cover of each issue states how many facts and answers are given inside each issue. I also mentioned that at that time, no issue had cracked the 1000-answer barrier, and suspected that Imagine Publishing was saving that for the first anniversary issue. Well, I was almost right. The first anniversary issue by my way of reckoning is issue #13 (which just went on sale in the UK), but they broke 1000 with issue #12 -- 1006 facts and answers to be precise, thank you very much. (I checked the website, and issue #13 has only 982 facts and answers.)
As I looked through the new issue, I found myself staring at my own words for the second issue in a row. On the contents page, How It Works has a box where they run quotes from what people are saying about the magazine. In issue #11, they ran an excerpt from my review. I was both surprised and pleased to see it, although I would have been more pleased if they had spelled my name correctly.
After I posted my review, I sent How It Works an email, letting them know about the review. In the new issue, I discovered that they ran my email in the letter column. (And this time, they got my name right.)
"Oh, wow" just doesn't begin to cover it.
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1010.12
Issue #12 of How It Works arrived at my local Borders yesterday, and I quickly picked up a copy. Other a quick glance at the cover, I didn't look at it right way. When I did finally get a chance to look through it, I was somewhat surprised.
When I reviewed How It Works a few months ago, I mentioned that the cover of each issue states how many facts and answers are given inside each issue. I also mentioned that at that time, no issue had cracked the 1000-answer barrier, and suspected that Imagine Publishing was saving that for the first anniversary issue. Well, I was almost right. The first anniversary issue by my way of reckoning is issue #13 (which just went on sale in the UK), but they broke 1000 with issue #12 -- 1006 facts and answers to be precise, thank you very much. (I checked the website, and issue #13 has only 982 facts and answers.)
As I looked through the new issue, I found myself staring at my own words for the second issue in a row. On the contents page, How It Works has a box where they run quotes from what people are saying about the magazine. In issue #11, they ran an excerpt from my review. I was both surprised and pleased to see it, although I would have been more pleased if they had spelled my name correctly.
After I posted my review, I sent How It Works an email, letting them know about the review. In the new issue, I discovered that they ran my email in the letter column. (And this time, they got my name right.)
"Oh, wow" just doesn't begin to cover it.
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