Sunday, June 30, 2013

Uncle Slappy and the heart attack.

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I got a call from Uncle Slappy, as I do so often on Sunday morning. Uncle Slappy, like me, listens to National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edit...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Friday's Black Dog.

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If you have the time, inclination and patience over the Fourth of July break and you're in the mood to depress yourself, you would be we...

Teaching.

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Earlier this year I was asked to teach a portfolio class at New York's School of Visual Arts. For whatever reason, it didn't work ou...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Worlds.

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My younger daughter, Hannah, returns this weekend from more than six months as an exchange student in New Zealand. She'll hit New York...
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The Empire of Illusion.

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We live in a world that in a frightening way has become untethered from reality. Where sound bites carry more weight than sound thinking. ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

On saving the world.

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Just to show how out of step I am, I'll admit here and now that I never really wanted to change the world. Or even thought for a moment ...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Words, words, words.

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I've read two things recently and though they were written a continent and a decade apart, somehow my head has put them together. T...

Loud voices.

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When I was a kid I learned something when playing sports with my friends that has direct bearing on life in advertising today. When I was ...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

A crowded night at the Tempus Fugit.

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For as long as I have been coming to the Tempus Fugit, the place has always been essentially empty. Only once did I run into other people th...
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Friday, June 21, 2013

Friday, not in Cannes.

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I wasn't invited to Cannes and I'm pissed off. Not that I wasn't invited. I would hate being in Cannes. Number one: I hate p...
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