Whirlwind night on TV

There’s been a lot of discussion on social networks and blogs today and yesterday about TV weather coverage. Lost and American Idol finales were last night, just as a huge line of thunderstorms were rolling in. The storms were pretty serious business. The system killed three people in Kirksville and caused damage across the Midwest. [...]

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Springtime in the Ozarks

We woke up on Friday morning to dark skies. It felt more like 5 or 6 a.m. rather than the actual time of 7:30. The rain had just started, but eventually began pounding and pouring. Then, at about the time the tornado sirens started going off, the clouds took on that nice slate green color. [...]

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What the sub?

Can anyone tell me why Quizno’s has become Q-Sub? Do they think we are all so stupid that we need sub shops to actually have the word “sub” in the title? Maybe they have market research that says this? Re-branding something that’s already good (in my opinion, at least) is just dumb. Then again, I’m [...]

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WTF? (What the Fox) again

A couple of things to keep  in mind before watching this.
1) Video montages are easy to spin/twist.
2) Consider the source: CurrentTV was co-founded by Al Gore.
3) Many of the clips are “just questions” – ie, a journalist can get away with saying anything so long as it’s in the form of a question, and not [...]

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