Norman Chad column discontinued

■ A note from Couch Slouch:

“I have run into a ridiculous snag, because of new California legislation that restricts independent contractors to 35 days a work per year. This law supposedly has something to do with Uber but is somehow being misapplied to freelance journalists and the like.

Alas, I do not know when and if the column will resume.

My deepest apologies.”