Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Where Do Ideas Come From?

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I think a lot of people in the advertising business, especially so-called creative people, aren't taken seriously in our business and by...
Monday, February 2, 2026

Dogs. And Doggedness.

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Rufus II, Winston and Cuban cigar. As someone who's spent a lifetime wrestling with the "Black Dog" of depression, I've co...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Confession.

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They say confession is good for the soul. It's probably even better for the blog. I've been off-the-rails-busy since the start of th...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Bad Language.

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There are probably thousands of books that have been written about Germany's descent into the embrace of Nazism from just as many differ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Bleeding.

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I suppose you can tell something about a ballplayer by looking at the statistics he compiles over the course of a season or a career. The nu...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Sunday Morning. Coming Down.

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Sunday morning at around 1AM, When the street belongs to the cop And the janitor with a mop And the grocery clerks are all gone.  Sunday mor...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Scared.

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When I was a boy--just about 22 or 23--the world was a scary place. Like today, we had a madman in the white house, ronald reagan, who had s...
Friday, January 23, 2026

No One's Watching.

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I've lived in New York City for almost half a century. And within five miles of its borders for the entirety of my life. I'm back no...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Split.

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There was an article in The Wall Street Journal yesterday that sent me down a Heidegger helix and brought front-and-center how disconnected ...