My ride to work has gotten longer...

...because Zay N. Smith's QT is apparently no longer being published in the print edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. It remains available online (hence the link).

The Sun-Times is thin enough without this latest cut -- which I hope is only temporary.

Still, disappointments can sometimes provide opportunities. In this case, Mr. Smith may now be able to provide links to some of his tidbits. For example, take this item from yesterday's column:

Modern Education + the Criminal Mind =

A kidnapper in Oldsmar, Fla., put his gun down while seated next his hostage in the back of a car so he could send a text message, police said.

If you had an extra minute, wouldn't you like to look at the source material for this one?

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Update 9/18/08

Because of a virus, I've not taken the el to work for a number of days. This morning, though, I was back on the train. The good news was that QT was back in the Sun-Times. The bad news was that, because of some never explained problem at Irving Park, I had about an hour and a quarter to read it.