Thursday, July 29, 2010

Bad days.

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Every so often you have one of those days. You feel like saying fuck you. Fuck you to your partner who always comes in late. Fuck you to acc...
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Thunder.

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I am reading a book right now--an 800-pager--called "The German Genius. Europe's Third Renaissance, The Second Scientific Revolutio...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Minneapolis.

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They have a sign as you enter the Minneapolis airport. MSP, it says, going your way. I've been here an hour and it hasn't budged.

A bit more on the river.

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It occurred to me as I ran along the river this morning that people like to proclaim things "dead." Over the past decade we've...
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Listen.

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I have a 6AM flight this morning and also a 61-day running streak going, so I got up quite early to have a short run along the river to get ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The wikileak documents.

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Of late, in the US, its been exposed that our ability to keep a secret is roughly equal to Paris Hilton's ability to keep her legs cross...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

What advertising can't do.

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I am a believer in advertising. Not because I am in the business but because I've seen it, time and again, shape consumer perceptions an...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Ads like this, they make me proud.

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Time waits for Norman.

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As a society, as an industry we have been saturated with the idea that instantaneous is good. Let's think about food (for an instant.) W...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

The East River.

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Early in the morning at the time when the milkman used to deliver, when we had milkmen, I go for a run along the East River. The East River,...
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