Tuesday, December 14, 2021

A cross word for my readers.

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For all the cruddiness of our modern era, there is also a jaw-dropping loveliness as well.  About three years ago, through LinkedIn, a young...
Monday, December 13, 2021

The Nature of Work.

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Sometimes, most times, we don't see what's right in front of us. It's easy to miss the things that bring you joy and make you ha...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Your next manifesto. I already wrote it.

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Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe sideways. We've waited long enough and we won't wait any longer. Our time has come. Time to seize t...
Thursday, December 9, 2021

Flaws. And space. (Inner.)

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I am not a nerd, but I suppose since I read a lot and also read the forewords and afterwords of whatever I am reading, maybe I edging headlo...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Connecting to smiles.

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About 2200 years ago, in the first century BCE, the story goes, a non-Jew wanted to provoke the Jewish rabbinic sage Shammai. It's not h...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Writing right.

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As readers of this blog know, I am a fierce advocate for writing. While writing in advertising has fallen out of favor over the last two or ...
Monday, December 6, 2021

The advertising holding company: A biological indictment.

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Many years ago, before I was duly seduced by the fleshpots of Madison Avenue, I had set my myopic sights on an academic career. I had hoped ...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Proving proof.

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Some time ago, the more-than-brilliant Dave Dye --the blogger we all should be following--did something ballsy. Something that no other adve...
Thursday, December 2, 2021

Winning for losing.

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I was emailing with a friend who's a big fan of big-time college football. I've never been a fan of big-time college sports, for a n...