Friday, November 13, 2009

Meet Geoffrey Chaucer.

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For the past few years the shibboleth of the pundits and pontificators has been "story-telling." Every time I hear the word I crin...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Once again, the importance of hyphens.

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I just came across this headline in The New York Times: "Gene D. Cohen, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Dies at 65". My first reaction w...

MBA = MBA.

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For years we unannointed have assumed that the initials MBA stand for Master’s of Business Administration. The more I see the state of busin...
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Reporting on advertising.

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Last weekend, uncharacteristically, I watched a bit of football. While watching it occurred to me if we covered either of the two wars we ar...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The lizard that ate the West Village.

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In a window looking out on the smallest street in Manhattan, Weehawken St.
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The fake boobs of advertising.

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A couple of weeks ago the spot posted above made the rounds on the masturbatory advertising "creativity" sites. It's creative....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Technocrats.

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In our corporate state, you can divide the world into two parts. Lovers and Ledgers. The lovers are usually people who start businesses. The...
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The skin game.

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I do not wish to stop and stare While you display your underwear. OK Uncles? OK Aunties? I have no wish to see your panties. Please get a be...
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Karaoke Kreative.

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Last night I went to see Berlioz's "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera. Here, hell, heaven, life, death, temptation were re-crea...
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Banality.

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There's a new ad campaign for a company called HTC that reminds me a lot of an old ad campaign for a company called HP. But, I guess tha...
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