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Ad Brains: Honest Conversations with Advertising's Icons, Rebels, and Rulers
Ad Brains: Honest Conversations with Advertising's Icons, Rebels, and Rulers

From the hallways of Madison Avenue to the freelancer's home office, these interviews with advertising pros entertain and inform.

2021

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David Burn
David Burn

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Aug 22

What Else I’m Learning While I’m Learning to Paint

I started painting again. The impulse seemed to emerge from nowhere or maybe it came from someplace deep within. When I’m painting, I’m able to get into the zone right away and let myself go. For the most part, I find it’s an unrestrained act to make a painting. …

Art

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What Else I’m Learning While I’m Learning to Paint
What Else I’m Learning While I’m Learning to Paint
Art

3 min read


Jul 15

The Eyes of Labor Are Upon Us

Hollywood’s writers and actors are giving new energy and a prominent voice to the struggles of workers everywhere. When I heard Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, make the case for her union members, I was moved. Did you know that 87% of SAG-AFTRA union members don’t qualify for health…

Labor Unions

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The Eyes of Labor Are Upon Us
The Eyes of Labor Are Upon Us
Labor Unions

3 min read


Dec 1, 2022

Publish (In Literary Magazines) or Perish?

I recently had the chance to ask the editors of a prestigious literary magazine what they were looking for in a short story. Their reply, “We don’t know,” left me wanting. …

Fiction Writing

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Publish (In Literary Magazines) or Perish?
Publish (In Literary Magazines) or Perish?
Fiction Writing

4 min read


Sep 3, 2022

Inexplicable Fragments

Have you updated your timeline today? Your audience is waiting For another brilliant snapshot Another loose thought Inside the dopamine factory You punch the clock and load the dock Dangling pieces of the infinite puzzle Longing for likes, attention, love You scroll the streams of unconsciousness Dodge highlight reels and ‘best lives’ lived The self-important insist on a parade Strangers and Prom Queens waving

Poem

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Inexplicable Fragments
Inexplicable Fragments
Poem

1 min read


Jul 21, 2022

On Finding A Market for Your Written Products

In his excellent book on the craft of writing, On Writing, Stephen King posits that just five percent of writers are able to support themselves and their families via their writing. Notably, King does not define what he means by “writer.” In the larger context of his book, I believe…

Writing

2 min read

On Finding A Market for Your Written Products
On Finding A Market for Your Written Products
Writing

2 min read


Jul 12, 2022

For Shame

What’s happening in America today is a damn shame. Look left and people are ashamed to be Americans. Look right, and people have no shame. It’s a shame we’re not doing more to rid ourselves of shame. Hell, maybe you shamed someone today? Maybe I’m shaming you now for having…

Shame

4 min read

For Shame
For Shame
Shame

4 min read


Jun 27, 2022

Redeemed in the Literature of Heroic Struggle

For the past several years, I have struggled to read books from front to back. I don’t like to admit it or even think about it, but I will admit it and think about it, and now that this pitiful disruption is behind me, I will mark this place in…

Reading Books

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Redeemed in the Literature of Heroic Struggle
Redeemed in the Literature of Heroic Struggle
Reading Books

3 min read


Jun 4, 2022

Civil Lawsuits and Public Service Announcements Weaken the Gun Lobby

Despite appearances to the contrary, American gun makers and sellers are not untouchable, unreachable, or above and beyond the law. — Typically, when legislators fail to act to protect people, the makers of dangerous products and perpetrators of dangerous industry practices are held in check by the threat of civil litigation. …

Gun Violence

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Civil Lawsuits and Public Service Announcements Weaken the Gun Lobby
Civil Lawsuits and Public Service Announcements Weaken the Gun Lobby
Gun Violence

4 min read


May 15, 2022

Do You Want To Feel Empowered? Stop Feeding Your Shadow Self

You don’t need to be a storyteller to tell yourself self-reinforcing stories about your past and present, your career, your friends, and your identity. It’s how we make sense of things. Yet, there’s a danger here. …

Shadow Self

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Do You Want To Feel Empowered? Stop Feeding Your Shadow Self
Do You Want To Feel Empowered? Stop Feeding Your Shadow Self
Shadow Self

3 min read


May 6, 2022

At the Edges of American Political Culture People Are Tweeting Hard

Cal Newport is one among a select few voices (along with Douglas Rushkoff and Rishad Tobaccowala) currently speaking truths about modern media and culture that I pay particular attention to and I enjoy hearing from. Newport is the author of seven books and an associate professor of computer science at…

Twitter

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At the Edges of American Political Culture People Are Tweeting Hard
At the Edges of American Political Culture People Are Tweeting Hard
Twitter

3 min read

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