The Worst Fans in Hockey—20 through 11
Number 14 – Big Hat Guy (c) Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports It’s time for a break from criticizing the Kings, so I turn my gaze on some fans instead. I started this column a few weeks back by previewing and revealing the Number Five Worst Hockey Fan: Obnoxious Loud Guy. Today, I look at the […]
The Power of Christmas
Okay, so where am I? I’m up late, late late, So many pressing projects… A college magazine to put to bed… My Los Angeles Kings Jewels From The Crown columns... Research on the next big idea for the next Clio Award… Planning the former Communist bloc holiday trip in two weeks… Christmas gift wrapping… But […]
MEDIA CHAMPIONS: Rocky IV and the Cold War
Okay, so where am I? It’s almost time to leave town…vacation style. Well, working vacation. Actually just working at my moonlighting gig. Shhhhh, it’s top secret. Okay, okay, I admit it…I’m going to Moscow. With the release of Creed II, I recall that last year in high school when my best bud Charlie got me […]
Career Killers and How to Avoid Them
Read the new column: click here. Okay, so where am I? It’s almost time to leave town…vacation style. Well, working vacation. Actually just working at my moonlighting gig. Shhhhh, it’s top secret… Before I get to the business at hand in this column, I want to report on the homework assignment I spoke of in […]
Hong Kong Tourism Board: You Should Have Called the Media Guy!
Okay, so where am I? I’m phone watching once again, half-heatedly expecting Dr. Peter Lam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, or their executive director Anthony Lau, to call me to sort out this mess created by their sexist and creepy “Treasures of the Heart” tourism commercial. Before I go on my whimsical rant […]
Before Coffee Your Brain Doesn’t Work So Well
I love this little lady… Okay, so where am I? On the heels of the Clio win, I’m in front of my television after having watched a hockey game for the third time gleaning inspiration for a “homework assignment” I am working on as a tryout to contribute to a popular website. Who knows where […]
Think Different
Okay, so where am I? I’m preparing creative briefs, artwork that will be presented, and the structure for meeting notes that are due after each meeting. I go to more meeting than you do, guaranteed. Illustration by Andrew Joyner I’m often astounded, but not principally shocked, at what a terrible job meetings do at their stated […]
The Berlin Wall: Visiting the East Side Gallery
West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989, as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin. Nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall aka the most famous—or better stated as infamous—edifice of the […]
40 Hours in Cabo San Lucas
Okay, so where am I? Once a destination stops for priests and pirates alike whom voyaged from faraway lands to serve God or pursue their treasures down the southernmost coast of the Baja California peninsula, Cabo San Lucas has something to please everyone. Sportfishing, snorkeling, world-class golf, divine spas, appreciation of fine food, and all […]
SUMMER LEARNING: Spelling, a Quick Guide
I was born in 1968, meaning when I was in junior high school (yes it was junior high school back then, not middle school), computers were word processors with green characters and manual typewriters ruled the day. If you grew up at around the same time, you probably remember typing class, where we learned some […]
