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# Addition by subtraction
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/addition-by-subtraction-20080103/
- Published: 2008-01-03T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T17:50:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Sometimes the best thing about a year coming to an end is the chance to start over anew. Whether it was a job you weren’t crazy about or a significant other that was weighing you down, there is always something best left in the past.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: What negative thing happened to you in 2007 that you would like to leave in the past?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 3, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)