I was a superhero junky growing up. I wasn’t partial to Marvel or DC Comics but there has always been a distinct difference between the two: Marvel’s writing was more personal, its characters more real. Accessible. Lovable. Hateable too. In a word, Marvel’s superheroes were more human. That was comic[…] Read On
I just turned on the TV and caught part of a Shark Tank pitch from two guys selling — wait for it — men’s ties. Ties. You know, those long pieces of silk that men used to wear when they wanted to look powerful. Except now powerful men wear hoodies[…] Read On
The right declared victory in the midterms. So did the left. And you know Trump. Trump is always winning. So who lost? I know somebody did. Actually, hundreds of somebodies lost. Everyone can’t be a winner all the time, can they? Sure they can. It’s called spin. We do the[…] Read On
Everyone is losing their shit over Nike’s divisive new ‘Just Do It’ ad featuring Colin Kaepernick. The question is, why did Nike’s execs pull the trigger on such a risky strategy? The pundits say it was a calculated business decision based on winning more customers than they lose. I say[…] Read On
Everyone has favorite products. I seriously doubt if I could live without my old Pasquini espresso machine, Vitamix blender and Apple everything. And I’d be lost without my auto mechanic, my CPA and the woman who cuts my hair. The question is, who can’t live without you? I’m not being[…] Read On
I hate myself for what I just did. After hearing a news anchor cheerfully announce the end of summer on August 28th because of the early launch of Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, I thought, that can’t be right and googled it. That was my first mistake. The top news story[…] Read On
When you try to boil down complex concepts to the kind of motivational missives that the Twitterverse eats up, the sound-bites you come up with may sound compelling, but they’re usually misleading or just plain wrong. The problem is, people are bombarded with that sort of oversimplified bullshit 24×7. Case[…] Read On