Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Line of the day.

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From Maureen Dowd in today's "New York Times" on Repugnant-cant presidential hopeful Rick Perry. "To paraphrase Raymond C...

A tale of two bridges.

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In New York, we have two ancient bridges that have just been given spanking new names. The 19th Century Queensborough Bridge, also known as ...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Latex gloves.

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Years ago I worked for a German car company and did some pretty good work and a lot of it. However, every once in a while, the clients would...
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Religion and advertising.

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I'm getting tired of this. Almost a decade and a half ago, I was asked to lead the integration efforts on the biggest account in one of ...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

I have an agenda.

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There are many fads and mania that infect our business. A relatively new one, to me anyway, is that you shouldn't hold a meeting without...

It reminds me of advertising.

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There's a great French movie by Jacques Brecker from way back in 1960 that reminds me, like most things do, of advertising. The movie is...

I am not fast.

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After nearly 30 years in the advertising business I have attained a reputation for being "fast." To people who don't know me, ...
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A bunch of fucks.

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We have a family tradition that takes place on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. My daughters, wife and I have dim sum and dinner at Shun L...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Morons.

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I just caught a slice or two of Kurt Andersen's wildly-heralded radio show "Studio 360." He featured a writer and MacArthur Ge...
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A late-night call from Uncle Slappy.

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I got a call from Uncle Slappy late last night and I could tell even before I picked up the phone that something was amiss. I could tell fro...