Friday, May 8, 2015

A Mitchell morning.

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Some of the writing I do in this space is, in essence, a tribute to my writing paragon, Joseph Mitchell. Mitchell worked at "The New Yo...

Suck.

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I was indisposed yesterday. In an all-day meeting and unable to write my usual post. For that, I apologize. It was the kind of all-day thing...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Five minutes with our CGO (Chief Guru Officer.)

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Ad Aged: I’ve never heard of a Chief Guru Officer. We have five minutes. Why don’t you describe what it is you do. CGO: Do? Do?...

I can't be alone.

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Maybe I was in a sour mood yesterday. I'm back alone in my apartment--unfinished still--and living out of a suitcase. My wife, who says ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Things that make me want to kill.

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I read one of those articles about the digital world this morning. I'd be lying if I said I understood a single sentence. It was kin...

More ruminations.

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After my Sunday sojourn in the Park, where I threw with the most-un-George-like moderation for half an hour, I let one ball go and threw har...
Monday, May 4, 2015

A phone call.

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It's exactly 553 days till the 2016 Presidential election, so we got our first fund-raising phone call from the Hillary Clinton campaign...

A warm up in Central Park.

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I went out again to the park this weekend to find some kids to have a catch with. I brought about four baseballs in the small duffle I'v...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Ontological Friday.

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I'm going to tell a story about why timesheets are stupid. Yesterday afternoon, I got called in on what we in advertising call a ...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Ruminations on age.

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There comes a problem in the world, what to do with the old people. Young people, despite their egalitarian protestations, say they don...