A secret "benefactor"?

[rsc]

I have now received the three most recent issues of the Advocate. The mailing label indicates that the subscription runs through August of 2005. Now, my brain has developed a few holes here and there, but I think it would remember if it had bought a subscription to the Advocate. (Actually, if I thought my brain had done any such thing, I might decide it was due for trade-in for a more reliable model.)

So the only logical conclusion is that somebody decided that I needed the Advocate, and anonymously gave me a sub. I can't imagine who it might have been.

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[jss]

Or they're desperate and giving away their own subscriptions. I intentionally let mine run out ('cause between the real news outlets and LJ I see everything of interest there at least 2 weeks before the issue comes out), got the warning letters, and got the "last" issue shrinkwrapped in a different color nonbiodegradable plastic sleeve with the THIS IS REALLY YOUR LAST ISSUE WE MEAN IT THIS TIME insert.

Followed subsequently by at least 2 more issues of the damned thing.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

Scientific American may or may not have been doing that to me; I've lost track of the actual expiry date and can't be bothered to look it up. But, if so, it's actually been useful for them, because I really was waffling over whether to let my subscription... which I've had for 10 years, no less... lapse.