Boy, that must be some redesign they're working on over at the Dig

I'm not hating on the cover. I'm hating on the hypocrisy of your periodical getting a glossy cover after years of using its non-glossy cover as a badge of honor. The issue is not the change in paper stock, but the change in philosophy. You became what you had previously mocked. You are one of the many glossy rags full of ads that the Media Farm always talked about.

The Crossword. This is another thing entirely. I'm familiar with Brendan, as anyone with an interest in crossword puzzles (or the Globe magazine) should be. Of course his puzzles are better put together than the old ones, which would occasionally just give you the answer when a clue wasn't readily apparent. The Guest Crosslord was about as poorly constructed as could be, but it was unique, and usually downright hilarious. It could make you laugh out loud harder than anything else in the paper, or at least as much as a good Exit Poll. Many other Dig fans I know also did the puzzle weekly, and it was one of the many things exclusive to the Dig that would make us go out on Wednesday nights to get the paper instead of waiting until the next day. Nobody is going to pick up the Dig just for Mr. Quigley's puzzle, because there are so many other outlets that also carry his stuff.

There have been a lot of changes at the Dig in the last 6 months or so. While the cosmetic differences may catch a few more eyes, the content has not improved in the least, and features some of us used to love are no longer there.