Count me as another "family" member - a crotchety old uncle.
T I T is one of the anticipated high spots of my week. The nicest part of that is that it is a recurring, drugless high. It makes me think about things other than patients, frequently gives me a chuckle at the Human Comedy, and sometimes gets me pissed off at the niggling pettifoggery of bureaucratic officialdom.
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There is a surprising number of doctors on TRUE's distribution. -rc
Re your comment on the first comment: Are lawyers also surprisingly numerous on the list?
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Heck yeah -- I've said that many times. The top three seem to be Lawyers, Cops, and Preachers.
The second tier includes other emergency services personnel, rocket scientists and the like (due to my previous professions), techie types (due to TRUE being a very early content provider online, when pretty much the only people online were techie types), and journalists (due to the subject matter, where I say the things they think to themselves when they write the stories, but can't because they're supposed to keep their opinions out of the stories).
Obviously, from there and by now, pretty much every occupation is likely represented in the readership. -rc
Everything above would be included in my answer; We get to see "behind the scenes", we get to see the out-takes, we get to contribute (comments of course, first dibs at corrections - not to criticise, but to improve, AND the tagline challenge), and we get to know you better. (Personally speaking, when you mentioned that your favourite film was "Blazing Saddles" I knew I had invested wisely, and found someone who really shared my sense of the bizarre.)
So far I have done a tagline, written a "Heroic Stories" Entry, and been personally responsible for one of the products listed in "Cranky Customer" (oops!), so I really feel like "one of the family". If I ever actually get featured in a "This is True" story I will want royalty payments. (I will allow an Honorary Unsubscribe, but not for a while yet!)
I actually found you because someone told me about the HeroicStories, way back when. Read the free version for a number of years before subscribing. I'm always surprised to find that I've subbed for more years than I felt like I paid for.
A Family of Readers - Comments
Count me as another "family" member - a crotchety old uncle.
T I T is one of the anticipated high spots of my week. The nicest part of that is that it is a recurring, drugless high. It makes me think about things other than patients, frequently gives me a chuckle at the Human Comedy, and sometimes gets me pissed off at the niggling pettifoggery of bureaucratic officialdom.
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There is a surprising number of doctors on TRUE's distribution. -rc
Posted by: Dr. Marc, Chicago burbs | July 28, 2008 8:09 AM
Re your comment on the first comment: Are lawyers also surprisingly numerous on the list?
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Heck yeah -- I've said that many times. The top three seem to be Lawyers, Cops, and Preachers.
The second tier includes other emergency services personnel, rocket scientists and the like (due to my previous professions), techie types (due to TRUE being a very early content provider online, when pretty much the only people online were techie types), and journalists (due to the subject matter, where I say the things they think to themselves when they write the stories, but can't because they're supposed to keep their opinions out of the stories).
Obviously, from there and by now, pretty much every occupation is likely represented in the readership. -rc
Posted by: Alexander, Virginia | July 28, 2008 10:34 PM
You once blogged about what it was that made the Premium edition so special, and how hard it was to explain.
Everything above would be included in my answer; We get to see "behind the scenes", we get to see the out-takes, we get to contribute (comments of course, first dibs at corrections - not to criticise, but to improve, AND the tagline challenge), and we get to know you better. (Personally speaking, when you mentioned that your favourite film was "Blazing Saddles" I knew I had invested wisely, and found someone who really shared my sense of the bizarre.)
So far I have done a tagline, written a "Heroic Stories" Entry, and been personally responsible for one of the products listed in "Cranky Customer" (oops!), so I really feel like "one of the family". If I ever actually get featured in a "This is True" story I will want royalty payments. (I will allow an Honorary Unsubscribe, but not for a while yet!)
Posted by: Tony, Japan | July 29, 2008 10:35 AM
I actually found you because someone told me about the HeroicStories, way back when. Read the free version for a number of years before subscribing. I'm always surprised to find that I've subbed for more years than I felt like I paid for.
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Posted by: Vyx, NW AR | July 29, 2008 8:41 PM
Read the article that everyone's commenting on, or post a comment about it.