ROTATION AND BALANCE

Five years ago I wrote this post about calling in well. Having just reread it, I think in some ways it's a timely article because of wha...

Sometime about three years ago, I posted this piece about my disdain for morning and almost everything related to it. I thought it might be ...

Let's say you're at the Rose Bowl with a close friend, and you have something you have to talk about with them. Something personal,...

Last week was a four-day work week for me. I took a paid day off on Friday because I wanted to catch up on a few things I didn't have ti...

It's all a blur. I wish I could say it was because I spent 48 hrs. in Vegas, non-stop drinking and gambling, maybe taking in a few shows...

Whenever I hear "It's the season!" I know whoever said it means the Christmas, Joy To The World, Goodwill Towards All time of ...

I don't know whether it's because I'm an only child , or just sometimes lost in my own world (I know, they're the same thing...

There are some experiences in life you reflect back on fondly, through the flattering haze of nostalgia, wishing you could go back and re-l...

In theory, Facebook is a good thing. I can find people I've lost touch with, catch up with celebrities and even talk to them if it’s re...

I was in Austin for a few lovely days, and then flew back last night. I was home about eleven hours, unpacked, re-packed, then was back on a...

I don't think I have to tell you that over five years ago, I wrote a post about the many, many branch offices I work out of. And by bra...

The ebb and flow of work at an ad agency is a mystery. Like online metrics, or an account planner’s opinion, it's often unpredictable an...

This will be very deja vu-ish (funny, you don't look vu-ish) to my fellow copywriters and art directors. You've been working for ei...

When you have a plumber over, you don't ask if they could just replace a small pipe for free before they get started. You wouldn't a...

I'm not sure what it is about advertising, but it seems to attract the very best of humanity and the very worst. When it comes to the s...

I’m not a good patient. Never have been. And the fact that right now I’m on my sixth day of being down with some virus obviously hatched in ...

Here's what I think happens. Every Friday after work - when I'm lucky enough to be working - unbeknownst (five-dollar word) to me I ...

Campaign ideas don’t want to be bad, but like Jessica Rabbit said, sometimes they're just drawn that way. The fact is an idea can often ...