Okay, having read all pages, I'm still encountering a few problems with the OP post as well as the responses. Is this really a joke? Or is this for real with a few bad ideas thrown in along the way that sounded great post-safety break? I'm a big fan of the Flow, I'd have picked up a subscription by now had I the funds for it, and I think another glass mag to add to the community would be a great addition, provided the content was worth the money and possession of such a magazine didn't add any more questionable aspects to an already risky profession. I'm a piper and it's hard enough to look legit even when your resources AREN'T plastered with MJ advocacy articles. And sure, we all know what's up, but the people who REALLY know what's up are the ones who have been fucked legally and know where we have to tip-toe around issues and where, as pipers, we are or are not safe. Which is why I defer to their knowledge. I'm a n00b, I accept this, and I wasn't part of OPD on any level, so I don't know what nasty shit-storm that OPD brought down on this industry. But I'm learning and I'm not trying to take the industry any steps back. So to that end...

I lovingly support the idea of another magazine contributing to all of our knowledge-base, provided it can do so in a non-incriminating fashion. Articles about earwax and BHO can be left out, thank you very much, and if you want to see such articles published, write 'em up and send 'em along to High Times. Let's keep that off our glass until it hits the consumer's hands, at which point it is no longer OUR glass. We play the game enough, let's keep our hands clean, shall we?

All that aside, keep the mag about glass and you'll all be kosher. And, provided that this ISN'T a joke, I think contacting The Flow would be the best move possible. That way there would be no hard feelings within the industry, and on top of that, you guys could communicate about content and that way coinciding issues would not have repeated or conflicting information. Doing that would, in fact, diversify the content, expand your potential consumer base, and you'd still be able to keep the magazines topical and relevant within the community without having any given consumer saying "oh I can buy The Flow for that info..." or "33>104 just doesn't have what I'm looking for..." etc.

I'm trying to take this idea seriously, because I want to see it happen. But I've read this whole thread now and it seems the tags alone indicate how professionally people are treating the idea. And maybe a sammich did need serving after all. But yes, perhaps PR and editing would be the best starting point from here on out.

PS. I'm totally a cat person.