It’s hard to look back on 2011 as a good year. – Since the year 2000 the US National Debt has increased from $5 trillion to $15 trillion – Unemployment rates have hovered between 8% and 10% for the past
Routine
Some people have asked me how I make time to write in my blog every single week. Here is my secret: I have a very strict routine. Every day I wake up at the same time (6am) – I pack
The Meaning of “Scale” and How it’s Evolved Over Time
If the entire NYC advertising industry was simultaneously transported back to a single jr. high class – all the cool kids would be talking about “scale”. Over the last year and a half, it seems not a month goes by
Why are There So Many Sex Scandals?
It seems that not a season goes by where there is not a major government sex scandal. The most immediate example is Anthony Weiner, but in very recent memory there have also been Arnold Schwarzenegger (had a child with his
Brain Drain
There is currently an ad running for DirecTV (satellite television) that opens with a scene of a dimly lit city being ravaged by criminals. A bomb lights up the sky, a bank is robbed, a getaway car screeches around a
People Who Stand Directly in Front of the Subway Doors
I notice it most at 14th Street Union Square when I’m exiting the N, R, or Q trains on the way home from work. It’s usually around 7:30 or 8pm and I’ve got my headphones on trying to clear my