Tom George Buys a Newspaper

Dear Isolation Log reader,

While I don't miss the constant looming fear of those early-COVID days, I have sometimes missed writing my Isolation Log. Maybe you've missed it too. That was communication as it should be: one-directional. And on that subject, I have news. Literally! I bought a newspaper! I'm the proud new owner and publisher of the Sunday Casual-Observer.

"But, Tom," you'll be asking, "how did you buy a newspaper?"

"Easier than you think," would be the answer.

The one sad thing is they were paying a lot of people to be reporters, and I don't have that kind of money. I just wanted to be a newspaper tycoon—one more thing off my bucket list. I had to let all the reporters go, but that's OK. It's my newspaper. I'll just write what I want.

I have some good ideas for stories. For example:

• This weird thing my neighbors do
• Which sports should get to have pro leagues. (Spoiler: not baseball)
• A dream I had, that was pretty funny
• Sour cream's real expiration date
• Why rich-people horse farms would go out of business, if we could breed mammoths

And you know what's the coolest thing about owning a newspaper? I can make it free! Like Willy Wonka, probably, if he had a newspaper.

I hope you don't mind that I signed you up for a subscription. You can always use the unsubscribe button at the bottom. I mean, I'll know you did it, and it might make things weird between us. But you could.

Don't though. I'm going to make the Sunday Casual-Observer the best newspaper ever!