Wednesday, February 10, 2021

An annual report meets William Carlos Williams and the Greeks.

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About nine months ago I got a call from someone out of the blue. Oddly enough the call wasn't about extending my car warranty or urging ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Next year's Super Bowl spots. One year early.

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In today's world,  a new risk emerges every second. No one knows where it will come from. Or what we can do about it. We only know this....
Monday, February 8, 2021

Don't beware of Greeks.

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It's 26 hours or so before the Superb Owl as I write this and I already know the game and its surroundings will upset me.  No matter wha...
Friday, February 5, 2021

A case of shingles.

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When I was 19 or 20 and summer jobs were sweat-soaked, low-wage and hard to come by, I learned some important lessons in one of those jobs t...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

An advertising solution.

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A thought crossed my mind the other evening, maybe around two-in-the-morning.  I don't sleep well and never have. And the quiet and the ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Advertising as she is spoke.

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On Monday, Dave Trott wrote a bit about a favorite book of mine (and Mark Twain's.) Below is my handy translation guide to speaking adv...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Some poetry. Some sweat. Some laziness.

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Of late, I've been as busy as a mosquito at a nudist colony. When you're blessed like I am and genuinely love what you do for a livi...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Not home in Connecticut.

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Now that I am living 300 days out of 365 on the Gingham Coast of central Connecticut and now that I am running my own business from my own h...
Friday, January 29, 2021

A building razed.

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A few of my friends lately, the few who still commute, or who aren't afraid to leave their apartments, have posted a thing or two about ...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Putting the "con" in consequences.

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I read something the other day about unintended consequences. Thinking about unintended consequences is a round-about way of saying you'...