Friday, December 16, 2016

Goodbye.

›
Friday. My last day in the office for a couple of weeks. I feel like an old car limping to a gas station, running on fumes and, maybe, pra...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

The late George Tannenbaum.

›
Once again, I got a late start this morning. I often do on Thursdays. Mostly because for the last forty years, I've had therapy Thur...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Heading south.

›
In just three days, I leave New York, and the crush of a thousand assignments for the thick grey air of Saltillo, Mexico, where I will spend...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Some thoughts on writing.

›
Professionally, I've done a lot of writing this year. I've written my share, or more, of manifestos, minifestos, and something I cal...
Monday, December 12, 2016

My last supper.

›
Last night, in celebration of my recent birthday, I got taken to dinner.  My brother Fred, a lawyer from Chicago, not knowing what to get ...
Friday, December 9, 2016

A trip cross town.

›
I couldn't get out of bed this morning like I usually do. Most often, I growl out from beneath the covers at around 3:45AM, read for a c...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Reflections in an antique mirror.

›
I’m writing this in the last few moments before I turn 59. Fifty fucking nine to put a point on it. That’s right I have, I’m more t...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Grey December, early.

›
Here we are in deep and dark December and I have a pile of work hanging over me that's accumulating like the blizzards we used to get wh...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The 7 richest people in advertising, ranked by their distance from actual work.

›
7. T. Snavely Pilkington, $3,452,188.  Pilkington has his four personal assistants remove all ads from all media he sees. They even stand i...