Buying the New Yorker - Page 81

When you go to investigate the ad for a vacation in Antigua, one of the features on the page is the current weather. For the record, as I write this the current weather in Antigua is: Mostly clear, Breeze: 14 MPH, 75 F/24 C, Humidity: 73%. Here where I am, it's 35 F and will probably have dropped below freezing round about the time I have to walk the dog. Thank you for rubbing my nose in it, Antigua.

One night's stay at the St. James Club, Antigua (single room, "European Plan") - $350.00

It's the Monk ad again. You know the drill.

Internet quiz - free

One of the great difficulties that the psychiatric profession faces is the slow process of removing the social stigma of mental illness from the general population. Personally, I might guess that a way to do this is not by advertising "the nation's top psychiatric hospital" like it was a spa vacation, and then juxtaposing the ad with one for Antigua and another for the TV show with the amusing obsessive-compulsive. But then what do I know?

The cost of a stay is not listed on the website, but you can give them a tax-deductible gift or perhaps name them in your will.

Charitable donation - $10.00

I haven't been able to find a site for a company called "Events around the World," but they are offering special "art cruises" on a river boat that travels around Europe looking at art.

I'll take a whack and presume that their prices are comparable to French Country Waterways, Ltd. If I'm way off, I'm sure I'll hear about it.

Art Cruise in Holland - $4,000.00

Running total - 69,022.48