February 20, 2025: The Magazine Subscription

Today, my latest magazine subscription came in the mail.

Go ahead, take a guess which one…

Sports Illustrated? Nope.

Forbes? Keep guessing.

Rolling Stone? Getting colder.

It’s Mad Magazine.

Remember that gem? It’s been around since the 1950s. My grandparents used to buy me a copy whenever we went to Kmart.

The two best parts: Spy vs. Spy and the iconic back cover “Fold-In.” Some of you know.

So when I discovered they still print new issues, I subscribed immediately. A little gift to myself. And let me tell you, it’s always a happy day when it arrives in the mailbox.

Reading it takes me back to simpler times, to the 12yr old kid in my brain. Now if I just had a blue raspberry Kmart Icee.