Listen carefully . . . this is what we used to call a "newspaper"

You know the print edition of the newspaper, that lumbering dinosaur that refuses to accept its own demise, is on the way out when I have to explain to the convenience-store clerk that the supplements to the Sunday papers -- arts, travel, money, comics, etc. -- are not separate newspapers and so should not be displayed and sold separately.

Judging by the expression on his face, he was quite startled and confused by this revelation. For show and tell next Sunday, I may bring a slide rule or an abacus to the store, to continue the clerk's education. Or maybe a strigil.