A text time-stamped 1:19 a.m. early Wednesday read‚ “I think it’s over‚ man.” It was a Los Angeles–based colleague at The Messenger. He’d received an unanticipated direct deposit and the sum totaled his unused vacation days. I guess in addition to good weather they have some solid labor laws in California. In New York City‚ I was laid off without additional pay. Plus it was raining. When I tell you I was the film critic and a senior entertainment writer for The Messenger‚ you’ll have to...