Saturday, April 30, 2011

Houses without foundation.

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One of the things I noticed in the photographs from the tornado brooked devastation of the American south, is how many of the houses picked ...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

I definitely don't like it.

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I am staying right now in Las Vegas in a 3,000 room hotel that doesn't contain a single clock or a single lamp with wattage enough to re...
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A viral ad.

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I finished last night "A History of the World in 100 Objects" by Neil MacGregor, director of The British Museum. One of the final ...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

To my daughter.

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My older daughter, who is a doctoral student in psychology, has an internship interview today and she's nervous. I spent a nice amount o...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Why is the internet so dumb?

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We hear almost daily how the Internet is changing everything. People who "get" the internet are full-blown mockers of people who ...

How to spot a blowhard.

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Blowhards (fulminatus fulminata) are rife within agencies and at the helm of small consultancies with names like Lavender Ingot. They leap o...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

It ain't easy.

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This post is a combo platter of three ideas. One comes from an article I just read in "The New York Times" called "A Generati...
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Truth (and soul) in advertising.

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Seeing a sign like this, which I just saw on 9th Avenue between 39th and 40th, brings to my mind so much that is wrong with the advertising ...
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The Celtics of Boston.

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It doesn't happen very often but once in a while it does. Either because I'm tired or lazy, I succumb to a sporting event on televis...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Olde New York, 1999.

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One of the things I miss in our the modern world is that there are fewer and fewer bookstores and less and less time to browse in them. My N...
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