I have no idea how many other old stories have received this treatment. But hey, the new one is shorter and takes less time to read, so yay!

The current version:
www.thetakeout.com/what-is-shri...

They used my old photo, though.

PS: When I was reviewing plays, the only places I could afford to eat were McDonalds and Potbelly. But Petterino's provided snacks once, and they were pretty good.

This is like how one year in h.s. English we had to read two books IN A ROW by women. How the boys all suffered! They whined and complained and threatened to go on strike. It was a terrible, terrible time for them, and they begged for our compassion.

There is nothing wrong with charming domestic horror! This is a genre that should be more widely explored.

Other examples: the first part of Fates and Furies, Amy's diary in Gone Girl, The Hating Game (though it's unaware that that's what it is)

I have one, too! I reserve it for running.

And maybe Pope Francis would still be alive.

We are. I was shamelessly piggybacking on the comments.

Although I won't pretend I don't miss some parts of the old-school alt-weeklies, especially the ads, like this one from the Chicago Reader ca 1995

This debate is so last week, but it took a while to finish writing and editing this: www.cjr.org/analysis/don...

Of course! The train's coming! Are you really going to let a human-sized Pizza Rat be the reason you waste 10 minutes standing on a subway platform?

I'm sure the Chicago Reader and Illinois Times (Springfield) wouldn't turn down any of that sweet progressive cash.