In your clinically insane Thursday media column: We reveal Julia Allison's freelance rate, Mark Whicker says more unfortunate things, laid-off journalists hustle, and Garrison Keillor suffers a stroke. Possibly after hearing Julia Allison's freelance rate.

Orange County Register sports columnist Mark Whicker would like to apologize for phoning in his column on Tuesday. He realizes now that child kidnapping/rape/enslavement cases are more than easy pegs for sports listicles.