That’s not a typo.
Over time, I’ve found that the weekly News Update has started to consume more time than I think it’s absolutely worth. (If you disagree, and can’t see your life continuing with any meaningful existence without it, feel free to let me know.)
Basically, the Updates are a way for me to poke fun at what passes for “news” these days, especially so when I edit a headline to point out, for example, that the appalling Kim Kardashian has once again flashed her massive tits/ass to gain yet more attention for her clothing line.
But if I add up the total effort required to produce such an item — finding an article worth including, saving the headline (sometimes as a pic), saving the link thereto, making a pithy (thorry) comment, and multiplying that by 15 or so — it comes out to well over a couple days’ work (albeit spread out over a week).
I don’t mind spending that amount of time — or more — on writing a decent post on a topic which has captured my attention. But to do all that work for a post which is eminently skimmable… I think you get my point.
So unless I hear differently from y’all (via email or comments, for those lucky enough to still be able to do the latter, don’t get me started), I think that the News Updates are going to become a thing of the past.
The only part I might consider keeping is the link-free 
, because that’s usually genuinely funny on occasion.
What you might see in its place is a series of stand-alone posts like this one:
Snow closes British schools and roads on first day back after Christmas as temperature plunges to -9.3C in south and warnings for ice and blizzards cover UK
Total time needed to create: about 45 seconds, including the pic creation. And there’s no link, because who the hell cares about the details?
Let me know what you think. (And yes I know, it’s free ice cream to do with what I want; but the reason for this website is twofold: a rant vehicle for Kim, and entertainment for my long-suffering Readers. Both are important.)
