Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Herzschmerz in the Tempus Fugit.

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It was raining. Raining like all the gods were pissing on me at once. But Whiskey wasn't sleepy and I was losing a four-decade's-old...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

42 Insults.

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1. "Fine words! I wonder where you stole them." - Jonathon Swift 2. "What's on your mind? If you'll forgive the ov...
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Things I don't do.

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I don't create content. I don't deliverable deliverables. I don't ideate. I don't strategize. I don't make asset...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

From Sir John Hegarty.

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"...One of the other problems I have today is people have retreated to the edges of advertising. You know, they’re happy to do some sma...

Uncle Slappy arrives.

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Uncle Slappy and Aunt Sylvie arrived at my door late yesterday afternoon, bundled up against the New York cold as only residents of Florida ...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

50 years later: half-mast in Union Square.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Thoughts from E.L. Doctorow.

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Last night at the National Book Awards (remember books?) E.L. Doctorow was awarded the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American...

50 years ago.

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Fifty years ago today I was a first-grader in Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains, New York. Even though I was only five, and my brot...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Schmedricks.

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This is a small business. I remember reading many years ago that if you took everyone in America who works in advertising, it wouldn't...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Working through pain.

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A few years and much avoirdupois ago, I was a fairly good long distance runner. I had run a dozen marathons, a few 25Ks and assorted ten-mil...