hmmm.

So, for the last two decades or so, I've been writing for (and sometimes 
editing) a Christian community newspaper.  And sometimes, in my stint as 
an editor, I was called upon to turn a particular writer's prose into 
something actually publishable.  Why did they keep giving this guy 
assignments?  Mainly because of inertia, I suppose, but also because he 
had once had some celebrity in the field that he was writing about.

Anyway.  I've dialled back most of my writing these days, due to being a 
stay-at-home parent and everything (and in March, I'll be signing the kids 
up for soccer practice via the Canucks Autism Network... which means that, 
yes, I will soon be a soccer dad...), but the one gig I had been holding 
on to all this time was my monthly column for that newspaper...

And then, a few months ago, the editor that I had been working with since 
1992 resigned.  And then, a couple weeks ago, I got a phone call from the 
guy who was filling in for him, telling me that the non-profit society 
that runs the newspaper was shutting it down completely.

And then, a few days ago, while discussing my final column with one of the 
soon-to-be-laid-off editors, I discovered that the-guy-who-was-filling-in 
is starting up a new "Christian lifestyles" magazine.  "But what," I 
asked, "about the *existing* lifestyles magazine," which was already being 
published by the non-profit society (and which had just changed its name, 
following the editor's resignation)?  Not the same thing, I was told.

So, not to be too sensationalistic about this or anything, but there seems 
to be a sort of schism brewing... and I honestly have no idea if I'll be 
continuing with *either* side.  But the first semi-*official* thing I 
heard about this *new* lifestyles magazine came today... when one of my 
Facebook friends posted a link to the new magazine's website, which is 
still very much under construction.  And who *is* this Facebook friend of 
mine who apparently has the inside scoop on this publication, which I do 
not have?  Why, the writer who couldn't write, of course.

Make of that what you will.

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