We had a brief window in the 20th century when journalism mattered. I loved the job. I grew up reading the Eugene Register-Guard, one of the finest mid-sized papers in the US. I worked preps there every Friday, we had 20 people covering local games. There are now only about 5 staffers. TOTAL.

I left newspapers in 2007 before the massive purges began.

I believed in the work. Now it's nothing.

First, jettison all the lower-paid editors, reporters, and designers, the true believers who might ethically rebel. With them gone, there's no resistance to vacuous click whoring (from all genders). Publishers sold out the fourth estate for ever-diminishing engagement with junk infotainment.

I'm counting Steve Martin and Martin Short as Muppets.

"I've been holding your purse for an hour, Linda. Those jeans make you look fat, same as all the other jeans you modeled.

"I think some of your prescriptions broke loose. I'm getting dizzy.

"I always knew I would die at a mall."

I hate how MS tries to save my files in OneDrive instead of on my hard drive.

I've seen how MS handles documents. I don't trust it at all.

Benedict Camembert in

"SHREDDED: Revenge of the Wheel"

Or maybe I should just crawl into a corner and die, which is what the right wing wants us poors to do.

Now I have to switch care teams again, for the fifth time in the past 6 years. Transfer all records, prescriptions, start over with a new therapist, a new doctor.

/5

I have been making great progress dealing with my health in the past 8 months. Maybe it's because I could get consistent care that is affordable?

/4

Ironically, for the first time in years I had really good coverage that was ridiculously affordable. (Premium: $4 per month. Behavior health: free. Office visit: $10. Labs: So inexpensive I didn't even wince when I saw the charge.)

/3

It sucks to be unemployed. Obamacare subsidies had my back. After a layoff, you can get a plan from the marketplace or (if things are really dire) apply for Medicaid coverage. I could have applied for Medicaid, but I liked the Kaiser care so much I opted to continue paying for an ACA plan.

/2

Doesn't "Only Murders in the Building" already fill this niche?

I was told there would be no questions about resume gaps

DO NOT CHALLENGE ME