Hotel Vegas
What Happened to the 'Chronicle'?
RECEIVED Mon., April 18, 2005
Dear Editor,
What happened to my Chronicle? For years it had funny, insightful, witty little things in it that never ceased to entertain me.
Has there been a push over the last few years by your management to make your publication more professional/journalistic? If so, I apologize to your staff as they are doing what they are instructed.
However, if you are the alternative newspaper you once were, you would start adding the little things you used to add that made this publication such a joy to behold every Thursday.
For example, years ago I read a movie review and I forget every single word of it except for a phrase which went something like, "Another fine performance by the Shakespearean Jean-Claude Van Damme." This is the kind of humor my friends and I miss so much.
Using cool wording like "natch" instead of naturally, etc. adds a lot to your hipness and entertainment value.
Lately I have been laughing more from how bad the Statesman is instead of at how witty you are. That, my friends, is indeed a tragedy of Oprah Winfrey proportions.
What happened to my Chronicle? For years it had funny, insightful, witty little things in it that never ceased to entertain me.
Has there been a push over the last few years by your management to make your publication more professional/journalistic? If so, I apologize to your staff as they are doing what they are instructed.
However, if you are the alternative newspaper you once were, you would start adding the little things you used to add that made this publication such a joy to behold every Thursday.
For example, years ago I read a movie review and I forget every single word of it except for a phrase which went something like, "Another fine performance by the Shakespearean Jean-Claude Van Damme." This is the kind of humor my friends and I miss so much.
Using cool wording like "natch" instead of naturally, etc. adds a lot to your hipness and entertainment value.
Lately I have been laughing more from how bad the Statesman is instead of at how witty you are. That, my friends, is indeed a tragedy of Oprah Winfrey proportions.
Giddy up!,
Tom Strubbe
Tom Strubbe
