why am i doing this

[Emily]

Hey Tom,

I'm just listening to the beginning of last weeks show & your bit about why am i doing this - reading the NYer cover to cover - reminded me of this NYer article on a man who reads the NYTimes cover to cover:

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/12/01/031201ta_talk_desantis


you probably read it, but just thought id share
 

[TL]

For the record, I almost always read the New Yorker cover to cover, and I'm almost always close to amazed that there's a magazine out there that warrants it.
However, the special torture of driving I-95 between RI and NY/NJ (i.e. "in Connecticut") a couple of times a week:
"Why am I doing this again?"