Friday, May 24, 2013

Fuck Decks (I believe in creative work)

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I went home relatively early last night. It was raining Katz and Schwartz and it's been a hellish week and it's j...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Choices.

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I'm not lazy but everything--in the name of getting easier--has gotten too hard. I don't really need or care that there are a bill...
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A warm day in May.

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It's muggy out in Manhattan. It's as hot as a Hasid in a sauna in August. I walked across the park this morning, my usual Thursd...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Marathoning.

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I've run, successfully, a dozen marathons. You wouldn't know it by looking at me now but there was a time I was slim, trim and, even...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Black Dog Tuesday.

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We are living in an alternate Kafkaesque universe. This is a universe in which decks take longer to complete than creative presentations. ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Lightbulbs.

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After the frenzy of my last few days at work, the sturm und drang of preparing for a pitch, sleep did not come gently to me. She did not tip...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Pitch update.

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One of the things I've noticed through the years, and it's only gotten worse, is that talkers beat doers. In fact, in the modern w...
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A late night before an early morning.

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I worked late last night in preparation for a pitch to save a piece of business. I won't go into the details here, they would only get m...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Pitches.

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Going into a pitch can teach you a lot about people. I suppose it's as close as we in advertising get to sharing a fox-hole during an ar...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Mistakes happen.

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There's a story in today's "Times" about one of my favorite places on the planet, Katz's Deli. When people say K...
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