I was in a client meeting this morning, the only one born early enough to understand the significance of Neil Armstrong’s July 20, 1969 walk on the moon. The moon really isn’t that far away—only about 240,000 miles—and many business travelers fly … [Read more...]
Goodbye & Good Riddance
2020 & Trump Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Rump It has been difficult to keep silent these last few months as Rome burned, Nero fiddled, and Nero's son-in-law was setting up a sketchy LLC to pack war chest cash from an "investigate election … [Read more...]
Ten Ways to Deal with Social Distancing
Travel restrictions and forced social behavioral change will be much harder for some than others. For people who habitually keep their own lives interesting, being sequestered or having movements restricted is inconvenient but not jarring. Folks who … [Read more...]
How to Argue on Social Media
As social media wastes increasing amounts of time and cloud memory, those that engage soon come to realize that interfacing with others is not the happy, genteel arena it was originally designed to be. The sites have devolved into spit pits of often … [Read more...]
The Post-Oscar Slow Season: 21 One-Sentence Movie Reviews
I write movie screenplays and rarely watch TV, so I love to disappear inside an uninterrupted good story. The post-Oscar season is when we are treated to studio bombs and sneaky little indy films. Here are one sentence reviews for 21 slow season … [Read more...]
Why Modern Progess is One Step Forward, One Step Back
It must be reunion season. Having heard from several friends over the past couple weeks who are courageously heading to theirs, I've wished them godspeed and safe egos. Reunion are not my thing. They are like root canals, buying tires, or having to … [Read more...]
Unplugged: My Week Off the Grid
The stats paint the dependency: The USA has 311 million people, 311 million personal computers, and 328 million active cell phones. Another stat underscoring digital reliance: six billion cell phones on a planet with seven billion people. Even … [Read more...]
Going, Going, and Nearly Gone: Products Going Bye-Bye
Fewer things are more fun to sell than hot commodities. Far harder to move are dying ones. Thanks to Betsy Towner, here is a list of old friends we won't be seeing much longer: Business cards. Throughout my career, every time I get a new business … [Read more...]
Adapting a Novella to Screenplay
Been underground on the blog recently, as I've been consumed with completing of the screenplay adaptation of my surf-themed dramatic novella, The Rise and Fall of Piggy Church. I finished the script last night and sent it to my agent. I'll know in a … [Read more...]
The Barrel
Way back in 1991, Buffalo Bills placekicker Scott Norwood sailed a late field goal attempt wide right in the Super Bowl and the New York Giants defeated his Bills 20-19. In that year’s World Series, the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Atlanta Braves in … [Read more...]