Stuff keeps happening to people

So, a bunch of people at the local newspaper are being asked to retire and then they'll fire some more people, just to make sure it's shitty all around. It's bad. And not in the way that other people matter, since we know they don't, but in the way that I'm already having trouble finding steady freelance work, so a glut of unemployed reporters won't help any.

Oh, yeah, and the paper's quality will probably drop. What's funny is that if the paper was really serious about saving money and improving, they could cut out a shit-ton of management positions -- or really just about 10 or so -- and save the jobs of 150 people who do actual work. There's a lot of money spent on red tape at that place. There's a lot of money spent on "improvements" nobody wants and almost none spent on giving reporters time to do investigative work.

Hey, you want people to read your paper again? Have you thought about reporting news that actually matters? How many people are in the capitol bureau? Three? Maybe you ought to focus more on the people that make laws that affect us and less time reporting on the northern half of Oklahoma City, Edmond and Nichols Hills.

But what the fuck do I know? I'm just a guy who got the hell out of there at his first opportunity because I smelled death in the air.

Also I'm sick. Also my fantasy football team probably sucks again. Also I'm tired.

So there's that.