Thursday, March 18, 2021

Fecundity and Profundity.

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When I was a kid, I was lucky enough to have had a teacher, Mr. Bockius, who was bent on making me crazy. He didn't teach like other tea...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Becoming a part of culture.

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About 60 years ago there was an agency that many people regarded as the best agency ever. It was called Carl Ally. A later, but still excell...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Resiliency. Orwell Modernized.

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Yes, we have lost a skein of accounts lately. Culminating in the loss of an account we've had for 71 years.  But we are resilient. Sure,...
Monday, March 15, 2021

One night. One mile below Madison Avenue.

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WE OPEN IN A LAVISH PANELED BOARDROOM CARVED OUT OF A DORMANT VOLCANO THAT SEETHES UNDER NEW YORK'S ONCE THRIVING MADISON AVENUE. THE CA...
Friday, March 12, 2021

Meanwhile, back at the Holding Company...

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I've spent my life in the advertising industry. It's paid for my two homes, my kids' college and grad school educations, my dog...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

A tale of three magic markers.

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Back when I was a puppy in the business, almost forty years ago, I worked for two Hall-of-Famers who were among the brightest stars in the D...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

An ode to light. Told by darkness.

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I stumbled upon a line by Oscar Wilde the other day that for no apparent reason made me think of advertising as it is practiced in our curre...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

More philosophical reckonings.

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If you want to scare the shit out of yourself, and there's no better way to improve or maintain your cardio-vascular health than a good ...
Monday, March 8, 2021

Advice for living. From the dead.

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One way of assessing what kind of effect I've had on the universe happens when someone I know--and even love--knocks me in the head, or ...