Someone in my office was kind enough to give me this book a few weeks back. I have walked by this Chuck Klosterman paperback about a zillion times at Borders – always mildly interested – but never pulling the trigger.
My bad for not grabbing it sooner.
His deconstruction of pop culture and mass media left me [...]
3/28 Book
3/26 Nature
I read a friends blog yesterday regarding his thoughts regarding recent agency layoffs. Specifically, his great advice on not burning bridges and the recent signs of positive news regarding upstart agencies being born. His count was four new shops – my count is six new shops if we go back to the Fall of [...]
3/25 Pressure vs. Stress
Like most people, I think I feel some sort of pressure just about every hour of every day. That’s life.
Stress, on the other hand, can be debilitating. It’s the enemy of focus and can cause severe anxiety. Self induced or stress from a tragedy is the worst.
I am doing my best to rid my life [...]
3/25 A tale of two meetings…..
I had two rather lengthy and intense meetings yesterday. My first meeting was with a client and my second was with yet another client, albeit a non-profit client (pro bono). It was one of those days where all cylinders were running, the meetings were long yet fruitful and communication was seamless between all parties. My [...]
3/22 Maslow
It’s funny how things stick with you.
I tend to remember the events of my grade school and high school much more readily than that of my college years. I don’t know why this is. I do however recall learning a lot about Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs (probably in some otherwise very forgettable psychology [...]
3/20 From the 2nd best band in the world
I am blown away by Radiohead - far from being a one-dimensional band.. …..From AdAge: The rock band Radiohead is working to turn data visualization into an art form with its music video, “House of Cards.” Using neither cameras nor lights, the band employed two technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne [...]
3/19 Money
Consider this:
The financial institutions and the states have been getting the lion’s share of attention these past 6 months (i.e. bailout money, shovel ready projects, etc.). It was the entrepreneurs turn last week : President Obama held a press conference the other day touting a $15 billion plan to loosen credit – in essence, banks [...]
3/18 It’s Been Two Weeks……
My back surgery was on March the 4th – and the fact that I have never had surgery before, I found the entire experience very surreal. Both Dr. Polanski (Neuro Surgeon) and Dr. Arena (Vascular Surgeon) spent approx. 3 hours rearranging my spine and vertebrae (L5S1 to be specific). That I was up and [...]
