August 2009
17 posts
Dear NBC decision makers,
We cancelled our cable when the market crashed…the disconnect has been tolerable. Now, after 11 months I see where this decision has hindered our lives. Your attempt at launching Kings went undetected until now. We could have built you an audience. I cringe at this casualty. A drama series based loosely on the Biblical story of King David in a kingdom that culturally and technologically...
THRIFTY RIDERS HAIL NEW SHARE-A-CAB SITE →
The New York Post’s Tom Namako breaks down this new trend in yesterday’s paper.
Introducing Redouble's SUCK ON MY SENTENCE Series
The first edition of Suck on my Sentence acknowledges Time Magazine’s Belinda Luscombe. In her recent peice on the future (and present state) of newspapers, Ann Arbor Kills Its Newspaper - To Save It, Luscombe serves up some serious sentence with this shiny little gem:
Death’s paperboy has been tossing a lot of venerable titles onto the porch of history recently.
We like what you...
Note to Redouble: Rent The Libertine
Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin - TIME →
josephweisenthal:
I read the whole thing, and I did think the story had a few decent points.
But in the end, it suffered from a the same flaw a lot of exercise stories suffer from. It doesn’t seem to acknowledge any qualitative difference between cardio and weight exercise, and it doesn’t acknowledge a difference between calories from fat/protein and calories from carbs. And they are different,...