So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
(ed.note: Lila postdated this post for publication on Monday June, 15th. It refers to her last day at TPM, which was June, 10th.)
It feels strange to write this. After editing Cafe for a year, today is my last day, and I'll be moving over to join the news team at the Huffington Post. And I'm very excited about the move. But, what can I say-- I'm going to really really miss this place. All of my co-workers. All the Cafe regulars-- without whose dedicated posting Cafe would be a lonely and hollow place. All the book clubs I've done, and authors I've worked with. (As a side note: if there were just three book clubs to read from the past year, I'd recommend Philip Gourevitch's, Jane Mayer's, and our first foray into fiction, Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.)
And Josh. Oh Josh! I don't think I've ever worked with an editor so finely tuned to language, so relentless in his news investigations and so demanding of excellent work. To grow under his care and scrutiny has been a privilege.
So thank you, everyone. How does one wrap these things up? When Sarah Palin was asked on November 4th if she had any regrets about her campaign she didn't blink: "The blogosphere." She went on: "The two-, three-hour news cycles, where just too much is reported based on gossip and innuendo and things taken out of context." Well, what can I say Sarah? On both regrets and definition, I feel the opposite.
Best wishes at HuffPo, Lila. Thanks for being responsive to my emails, and for the Book Club.
June 15, 2009 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best wishes for the bright future you deserve, Lila. Keep in touch and let us know what you are covering.
June 15, 2009 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bai
June 15, 2009 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good Luck Lisa
I am sure you will make a positive contribution at the Huffington Post vis-à-vis injecting more substance and cutting back on the glamorisms.
June 15, 2009 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good luck Lila, and thanks:)
June 15, 2009 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best wishes, Lila! I hope you can get them over at Huffpo to do a better job with their headlines, which are totally misleading! Cleaning that up is a worthy goal!
June 15, 2009 10:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Happy Trails, Lisa.
June 15, 2009 10:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good Luck to you Lila. Thanks for all of your hard work here. TPM was a great jumpstart, and now on to other loftier journalistic pursuits!
Remember to have fun along the way. :)
June 16, 2009 12:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Had to say goodbye 'specially with the Hitchhikers Guide reference.
Best of luck Lila and watch out for those mice...the vicious capitalists they are.
42
June 16, 2009 12:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'll second Libertine's 42 and wish you great success.
You have done an excellent job here and we've all benefited from your hard work. So let me offer you my sincere thanks.
I hope you'll continue to contribute to keeping actual news in the news and to getting people to think about what the hell is going on in this strange world and what we might do to improve it!
June 16, 2009 1:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
That was a classy so long. Very best wishes to you, Lila. And thank you for all of your hard and good work.
June 16, 2009 8:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
As a member of the third most intelligent species on the third plant from the sun, it's been good having you on board TPM. Keep Ariana from turning Huffington Post into an on line People.com.
June 16, 2009 11:25 AM | Reply | Permalink