Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Party's Over.

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I have been waist-deep lately in a slough of despond. (Slough of despond, not a bad name for an agency if you think about it.) This morning ...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

Lead in our pipes.

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It's been famously surmised, if not actually proven, that the demise of the Roman Empire was due in part to lead in the pipes of its fam...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Failure.

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There are a lot of types of failure in our business. But today I am talking about just one. The good kind of failure, the failure that comes...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

The tyranny of experts.

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Nicholas Kristof had an op-ed piece in yesterday's New York Times that is worth spending a few minutes with. http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

A reminder.

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A reminder to all those who feel they can treat people like crap because there are no jobs out there. So, fuck 'em, is the attitude. The...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Scoundrels.

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Reading people is an important skill. Not pre-judging, but reading. If you're in advertising I have a simple thesis. Don't trust any...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Remembering Betty Hubble.

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This is a dumb story that pertains to my last post which was about the eradication or individualism in the world today. There's no large...
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In praise of madness.

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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the sam...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Exercising my vocabulary.

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A babel-like gaggle of pissant poltroons gasconading with more wind in their sails than work in their portfolios. Meagre-minded midgets mas...
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The Hyped-Depression.

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There's no doubt that the economy is in shambles and millions of people have lost their jobs over the last few months (seemingly half in...
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