To the Wall Street Journal.
I suppose the new format makes it easier to schlep around, but I feel a sense of loss. The old WSJ had a kind of a grandeur about it. It’s like I went to sleep one night with a ’55 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in my garage, woke up the next morning and somebody had swapped it out for a little Hyundai or something. An era’s over, without my permission.
(Yeah, I know, newspapers are dinosaurs, etc. etc. I’m the first one to say so. But I didn’t really view the WSJ as a newspaper, more like a daily magazine. And sometimes I like to read hardcopy, maybe because I work at a computer screen all day long.)
Yes, well, not all of us are fortunate enough to “work” from home, Mortensen. Some poor sods have to commute on public transport everyday, and a big broadsheet just isn’t convenient.
:-)
Most “quality” UK broadsheets switched to the ‘Berliner’ size a few years ago. It’s basically a compromise; The need to reduce for commercial reasons but avoiding the downmarket ‘tabloid’ tag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_(format)
“Mortensen”????
LOL
“work”??????
LOLOL
Well, the comment was good, but I had to laugh at your responses!
Our local daily went “tabloid” a few years ago citing economic reasons. After the predictable flurry of letters decrying the end of an era, it’s now a non-issue (no pun intended)(for once). But the WSJ!!?? I agree with you, K.
(You’ll probably respond with, “Pun?????”)
John
Yeah, “work”, you know, that four letter word.
Working, exchanging Giga Pets, blogging and censoring certain people’s replies.
*arches eyebrow*
I just don’t know how you find the time!
Exchanging Giga Pets? I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about!
p.s. John, I’m thinking of declaring this blog a pun-free zone . . . :-)