An Unkind Cut, by Amy Friedman

Hi, it’s Weekly time. It is with regret that I announce that with this column, Weekly ceases publication. I have been writing Weekly exactly eight years. Nothing I have written has had any impact. Only one Letter to the Editor ever came. It complained my column was boring, and demanded it, and I, be killed. So, my execrable cowardly editor is on his way over to my cube, with my final paycheck and some muscle, to make sure I’m dead before I leave the building. I’m ready. This letter is done, my finger is on the “publish” button, and I