Yes, this is a bit silly. But ash was giddy with the expectation of no longer receiving her paper as a consequence of Mike’s unconscionable behavior toward her. She thought it would be fun to send him a hint wrapped in the ostensible complaint:
A curiosity. Saturday’s edition lists the “advice” columns - Abby, Donohue, and Heloise – on page whatever. But they’re not on that page nor any other. Then on Sunday an apology for the omission with Saturday’s missed columns listed elsewhere. They’re there, but as it turns out the Abby column is Sunday’s, not Saturday’s, while the other two, which aren’t featured on Sunday, appear as advertised.
What happened to Saturday’s Abby column? It isn’t published on Monday at which time it becomes safe to conclude it never will be. However, Abby is available online at no charge, as are many other columns whose syndicated writers host their own websites. Even some comic strips are as close as one’s computer, though those affiliated with a particular syndicate offer just the first week of the previous month.
This isn’t the first time I’ve felt cheated out of what our paper purports to provide. A while back one of editorialist Ted Rall’s articles was chopped in half with no explanation and no second part forthcoming at the expense of context and meaning, which I wouldn’t have known had I not already read it directly from him. And these are just the exclusions I’ve noticed. I have to wonder what else has been snipped or condensed or overlooked entirely for the sake of space, convenience, or some other rationale.
With so many sources of information (including a logged-out version of the State Journal-Register) accessible at the touch of a mouse, it kinda begs the question: why bother with a subscription?