Comments on: Deconstructing Vapidity http://clicheniche.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/destructuring-vapidity/ The Problem With Life Is That It's Been Done Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Brandon http://clicheniche.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/destructuring-vapidity/#comment-14 Brandon Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:13:18 +0000 http://clicheniche.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/destructuring-vapidity/#comment-14 Not only does Time pack fewer vocabulary words per issue, there is now less content per issue, too! Yay. Page counts are down, reducing ad revenue and necessitating cost cuts, including the page stock...what arguable quality existed in the older, thicker and glossier pages is tough to empirically assess. Still, although seemingly superficial, I think with the proper historical reference and/or prognostication of a cultural sea change in print standards I may be able to get 1/4 page in TIME's op-ed space...hmmm... Not only does Time pack fewer vocabulary words per issue, there is now less content per issue, too! Yay.

Page counts are down, reducing ad revenue and necessitating cost cuts, including the page stock…what arguable quality existed in the older, thicker and glossier pages is tough to empirically assess.

Still, although seemingly superficial, I think with the proper historical reference and/or prognostication of a cultural sea change in print standards I may be able to get 1/4 page in TIME’s op-ed space…hmmm…

]]> By: letters http://clicheniche.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/destructuring-vapidity/#comment-13 letters Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:47:53 +0000 http://clicheniche.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/destructuring-vapidity/#comment-13 I'm old enough to remember Time as a real magazine before they dumbed it down to the Grade 9 level. As for Planet Hollywood, if it spent just 1% of its promotion budget on food quality, it would probably be the world's top restaurant. I wouldn't go there there again even if I were offered a free meal and a night with Gwyneth Paltrow. Well OK, maybe. - ian in hamburg Sometimes while Wordpress tag surfing I actually come across something worth reading to the end. Looking forward to more - you're on my google reader now. I’m old enough to remember Time as a real magazine before they dumbed it down to the Grade 9 level.

As for Planet Hollywood, if it spent just 1% of its promotion budget on food quality, it would probably be the world’s top restaurant. I wouldn’t go there there again even if I were offered a free meal and a night with Gwyneth Paltrow. Well OK, maybe.

- ian in hamburg

Sometimes while WordPress tag surfing I actually come across something worth reading to the end. Looking forward to more - you’re on my google reader now.

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