Our purple tomatoes to be are finally showing a bit of color. They've been green enough for frying for what seems weeks now, and it'...

Being a chronicle of my first evening without power in a while. We've never had major power problems at our house. Usually the lights go...

Not long ago an Advertising Age columnist spent a week watching television anywhere he could find it, except on his set, and did OK. Cliff ...

The word up is that Afterworld is looking like a hot property to advertisers seeking to penetrate the mobile market. (It's in Advertisi...

OK, Tammi at Drawing on Words , who has some cool new Wordpress diggs, tagged me for this game: 1. I have to post these rules before I give ...

Sometimes I wonder if the laments about the lack of talent in the advertising and marketing worlds are accurate. Not long ago, I discovered ...

The captive environment of an airplane and airport has always been a great place to get some reading done. I hate to fly. I shudder when the...

My friend came by my office the other day, and I realized how long it had been since I'd seen him in person. He didn't look like his...

So I'm sitting in an airport terminal this morning with my fingers in my ears, stamping my feet and humming "I don't hear you!...

The picture was everywhere and initially I though it might have been produced "Lord of the Rings" style with trick perspective. N...

Since the episode early in The Sopranos when Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano talked about failed attempts at college before his segue into orga...

The Netflix "Watch Now" option appeared almost magically for me last night. Christine was watching a PBS show on the art of quilt...

Sometimes on shuffle my iPod dredges up songs and memories I'd forgotten. This morning, "The Tennessee Stud" from one of Johnn...

A long time ago I wrote a piece at epinions on my favorite perplexing films , flicks that demand a little more than gasps from the viewer. I...

My co-worker mentioned two things outside my door the other day. A.) She doesn't watch many scary movies and B.) She likes Scott Baio . ...

Microsoft has combined two things I like--zombies and cool advertising---in a new spot appearing in tech magazines. Touting Microsoft Forefr...

One of the most interesting things about watching the fabulous "Lost" finale-- "Through the Looking Glass" --last nigh...

I was pleasantly surprised to get an e-mail from G.P. Taylor in response to yesterday's blog post, thanking me for the mention and updat...

My boss gave me a gift card as a bonus for the on-site producing of a new wave of television commercials, hard work that's exhilerating ...

An interesting article on low-budget horror film marketing is featured on the Advertising Age website today. It focuses on the controvers...