-
Confidence, Superheroes, Want, Need & Meatloaf
Want. Need.
Which? Which indeed.
Consumer Confidence, as announced by the Associated Press today, is at a record low. Seems people in perpetual fear of losing their livelihoods just ain’t very fast n’ loose with the green, and while I’ve seen little in the way of that mainly mythical “disposable income” for a few years now, I can track my own ( Read more... ) -
Safe and Home and My, my, my...
Here’s this post again: my kids were here for the past nine days and at this very moment they’re in the air, jetting to JFK and-give or take an hour with Friday night traffic-home soon thereafter.
It would be pointless to say we had a “nice time,” but fuck you I’ll say it anyway. We had a nice time.
We had a mission this visit too; take my eldest ( Read more... ) -
Sparking Debate
KINGSTON- The Jamaican National Swim Team, responding to growing insinuations that record breaking gold medal winner Michael Phelps “may or may not” be allowed to compete for the US in the 2012 Olympics in London, have offered Phelps a slot in their lineup.
“No problem, mon,” said Jamaican head coach Dexter Wynter, “Dis sorta’ ting ain’t gonna’ ( Read more... ) -
WOLF BLITZER ATE MY LUNCH
ATLANTA- A near penniless intern at CNN headquarters here has revealed that Wolf Blitzer ate his lunch.
“I had just gone into the employee break room, where the refrigerator is, and was talking to some other people and counting my change to see if I could get a Coke from the machine, and Mr. Blitzer walked in,” said Mr. Thomas H. Fanning, 24, of ( Read more... ) -
Why Do I Do This Again?
So we’re having a chuckle at the office this morning about the Highly Placed Executive Fucktard who “tweeted” his way into deep hurt with his client by disparaging this VERY LARGE advertiser’s home town moments after landing at said town’s airport.
There’s a reason that network is called Twit-ter after all.
This lead to a conversation about the many ( Read more... ) -
Dear President Obama
As we were grousing and grumbling over the moribund economy and the you-know-what fate of people in the advertising business at times like these, a coworker mentioned something to the effect of, “But why worry? The world comes to an end in 2012, anyway.”
Oddly, that comment cheered me up more than anything has in days.
Why, I reasoned, wouldn’t ( Read more... ) -
Back in Black
Sunday, January 18, 2009-the New York Times
In this, what has been christened the “inaugural weekend” by CNN and others in anticipation of Tuesday’s process and Right Now’s advertising dollars, we have some amusements upon which to report.
Let’s leap right to today’s, that is the vaunted Sunday “The New York Times Magazine.” Right off the bat we ( Read more... ) -
Hard Times in Real Time
The worst part about being a cynic is being right all the time. Eventually.
While I myself have escaped the knife for now, what amounts to 1/3rd of my agency’s staff will be let go today. As in laid-off. AKA fired.
We Lucky Few who remain do so at the pleasure of the King; at least for as long the King can still make payroll.
There is practically ( Read more... ) -
(Russian) Bear Market
Welcome to LiveJournal, the hosting site you are now visiting, and what for me has been little more than a bookmark to click on when I’m feeling all writey and such. But lately, apart from my usual bouts of financial panic and general self-pity, I haven’t felt very writey. I’ve been uninspired. So for the first time in approximately ever I hit the ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Tricky Questions
Depending on what is available in the immediate surroundings, I fling a handfull of sand (or sod from a houseplant) into the persons eyes and make a run for it.