Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A confession.

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Not to be too Manichean (look it up) about it, but basically there are two types of people in the world--and by application, two kinds of ag...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Another day at the office.

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Man, am I corn-fused.

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Last night I went to see Avatar and without me knowing it, the usher handed me 4-D glasses instead of 3-D. All of a sudden, my personal trai...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Batten Barton Durstine and Osbourne. (BBDO.)

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Back in the 1940s or 50s, the great radio comedian Fred Allen said that Batten Barton Durstine and Osbourne sounded like a trunk falling dow...

How could this happen? How could this happen?

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It seems to me a large measure of the world we live in waits for disaster to strike and then wrings its hands and wails, "how can this ...
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I have no idea how I found this.

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About 40 years ago, Della Femina et al ran these ads for Teacher's Scotch. I don't know if they sold any scotch or not but I do know...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

A visit to my father's office.

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When I was a little kid, Manhattan and the office where my father worked were just 20 minutes away on what was then called the New Haven Rai...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

It's here. 2010's cliche of the year.

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"Flat is the new growth." Mark my words. We will hear this approximately 100 times in the first quarter alone.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

The slaughtering of loitering.

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I just read an article in The New York Times about a couple of colleges who are beseeching their students to take a day off from electronic ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Shit, I was honest.

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Had a big client meeting yesteday, showing a passel of rough cuts. Finally, we got to one spot that I was trying desperately to kill. I felt...
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