Los Angeles Times cutting 74 positions

[WriteThinking]

And the farewell column. Wow.

Elliott: Thank you, readers, for helping my dream come true - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Thank YOU, Helene.

 

[SixToe]

very nice column. lot of experience being lost, but time marches on.

 

[swingline]

for whom the bell tolls

 

[Situation]

Wonder when TJ will chime in on this. .... https://tjpage2.blog/2022/10/05/help-wanted-la-times-in-need-of-female-columnist-who-can-write/

 

[goalmouth]

Wonder when TJ will chime in on this. .... https://tjpage2.blog/2022/10/05/help-wanted-la-times-in-need-of-female-columnist-who-can-write/

Manon Rheaume wasn't as good a hockey player or nearly as transcendently attractive as the media would have you believe.

 

[dixiehack]

I've never been to the West Coast so have had no real opinion on T.J. Simers. Now I do. What a piece of shirt.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I've never been to the West Coast so have had no real opinion on T.J. Simers. Now I do. What a piece of shirt.

He was a regular target of the old Deadspin. That's the only reason I know of him.

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[swingline]

"last-ever" is coupled in the wagering with our old favorite "first-ever."

 

[Mr. X]

 

[justgladtobehere]

"I'll never forgive people who sold off properties that were economically underutilized, relics of a past that wasn't coming back. I swear, if I had the money, I would have totally plowed it into a bit of nostalgia."

 

[Tarheel316]

This makes me feel so nostalgic. Made me reminisce about the time I spotted a headline bust at one of my former shops and yelled, "Stop the press!" The press foreman said he could hear me as he was standing right next to me and I didn't need to shout. Said I had watched too many movies.