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Everyone says this is an age of cynicism. We don't trust our political leaders, heroes suffer deconstruction, religion is seen as vapid, and so forth. Believable communication seems to be at a low ebb. Is there a way out? More specifically, what commends communication - whether direct or indirect - as worth agreeing to? Irony might seem to be a symptom of our cynicism, but is there is a kind of ironic communication that escapes cynicism? Consider this story from the early years of Buddhism, told among the urban Buddhists in the prosperous cities of the Iron Age, people who were confident that life's problems could be solved by intelligence and hard work. This society of northern India of 2500 years ago resembles in some respects our modern American past.
The Story
The story goes that Gotama the Enlightened One was camped on the outskirts of a small town with a few of his disciples. In the town there was a young woman named Kisa Gotami whose two-year-old son had suddenly died. Out of her mind with grief, she went about the town asking for medicine. My little son is sick. He needs medicine. Can you give me some medicine to help him get better? She was met with pity from some and with derision from others, until someone said, "There is a wise man camping just near our town. Maybe he can help you." She went to the Buddha, carrying her son on her hip, as you would a living child. Oh, sir. My little boy is sick. I need to get some medicine. Gotama Buddha replied, Leave your son here. Go back to the town and borrow some mustard seed. But be sure not to get it from any house where someone has ever died. So she left her child and hurried back, and asked at house after house. Everywhere they were glad to give her mustard seed, but when she asked if anyone had ever died there, the answer was always the same, death had of course come to that house. Then it dawned on her, This is what the wise man wants me to know. The medicine I need is for me, not for my little boy. And she hurried back, arranged for cremation for her son, and before long became one of the best among the disciples of the Buddha.
The Meaning
What the Buddha said to her is an example of irony, more specifically, it is an example of intentional irony. We can refer to the work of Wayne Booth (A Rhetoric of Irony) to spell this out. An act of communication is ironic, he says, when what is said is intended to be taken at other than face value, and when that intention is signaled somehow or is sufficiently clear from the immediate context. The one receiving the communication must consider alternative meanings based on his experience or beliefs. That person then decides what the real, covert meaning is. Booth speaks of a stable irony in which this real meaning is intended not to be further deconstructed once it is discovered. Intentional irony differs from the unintentional ironies that occur around us constantly. When an outcome of some action contrasts sharply with what was expected, we say ironically enough... to comment on how chance and luck can affect us. Intentional irony differs from such random ironies. It is a way of taking control of circumstances, especially when a stable, covert meaning is intended. In the Kisa Gotami story, the Buddha speaks to her with a surface meaning that is quickly deconstructed. The face value of what he says is limited how can mustard seed cure illness? But the real limits are in her mind, and he uses these limits with irony. What he says is enough to give her a direction of action, and quickly her experience shows her a meaning she did not at first see, death comes to all, and beyond this, change comes to all. To accept transience is fundamental wisdom. The covert meaning of the Buddha's words was stable, not subject to later contradiction. What made it stable, first, was its truthfulness, all is indeed transient and to know this about one's self and about all one holds dear is wisdom. Second, his words to her were stable because his character was rooted in that wisdom. The Buddha had attained full acceptance of his personal transience, and this meant he felt unbounded compassion toward all. Other stories attest that those with whom he spoke felt he fully understood them and wished to help them attain a happy life. They understood he did not seek any sort of personal control of them. As his followers, they were motivated only by their quest to overcome their ailments of inner spirit. This was the basis of the authority people saw that he had.
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A very smooth transition into his anti-Pop culture ranting. In this line 'Backstreet' and 'Ricky Martin' act as metonyms for the whole pop culture. 2000 also witnessed the peak of the boy-band / teenage-girl singer era; the album has a lot of offensive material about the big groups of that time: Backstreet Boys, Ricky Martin, N'Sync, etc.
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Greetings to the Sun by AnthonyCROWatch
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Amazing picture! Rhythmical!
wow! really good job
am honored... thank you very much
excellent shot
congrats for DD
congrats for DD
Wonderful capture....love it.
DD Congrats!
It looks like shadows coming to life.
absolutely one of my faveorites at all!!
.................... Awesome capture !!!!!!!
nice low angle.
gorgeous !!
great shot...
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this is ...
Great Shot - Great Gallery
jako lijepo!!!
Excellent Shot, really nice
WOW people! am realy honored on DD and all your comments and likes... thank you all for your suport
people... great!!
Wow, this is a fascinating pic!
cestitam na DD
one of the best pics i've yet seen
wow, you did it bro!
its really artistic
its really artistic
Wow this is freaking amazing! Great work!!!
Truly amazing
amazing photo!
Great concept, well done.
I had a dream of a place just like this! It really surprised me when I saw this photo, since it's like I'm looking at a scene from that dream! It's so beautiful!
Awesome shot <3 the reflections!! Is this a lookout?? Why are there reflections, is it water??
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I have a series of applications that all use the same C#, .Net 2.0 code that I've created to check and see if a user is a member of an Active Directory group.
I haven't had any trouble with my code until recently, when I added a user from another, trusted AD domain to one of my AD groups. My question is how can I check to see if a user is a member of an Active Directory group, regardless of their domain. In other words, they may or may not be in the same domain as my group. Below is the code that I have written and used for years to search to see if the user is in an Active Directory group. I'm not sure where I adapted this code from but I'd assume it came from an MSDN article. Also, the solution must be for the .Net 2.0 framework. I have found quite a few answers that may work for this problem in .Net 3.5. Unfortunately, that won't work for my scenario.
//This method takes a user name and the name of an AD Group (role).
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private static bool IsInRole(string userName, string role)
role = role.ToLowerInvariant();
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I'm so loving my new winged Rometti Vase HERE. Its just the right amount of weird and pretty. Ugly pretty is the new pretty. I think. Im also very happy with this throw I scored on sale at Barney's. The throws are on sale for great great prices...also other stuff like linen napkins, trays etc can be scooped up for a fraction of their original (outlandish) prices. These home sales are awesome because really, does tabletop stuff change that much that a white linen napkin with gold threading will ever be out of style? … [Read more...]
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I'm sorry but it was just too good of a match up! They are twins! It scares me a little bit that my painting looks so much like those pants and the way she paired it with a heavy dose of a white top: YES, well those match the chairs. The sunglasses in the deep purple even correspond to the darker blue paint at the top of the canvas. She should have worn an Edie Parker black and white clutch with that though, then she would have picked up the striped stool. The outfit pic is via Refinery 29's Australia Fashion Week coverage HERE, the painting and room is obviously my own. … [Read more...]
More new art in my apartment, this one via my nephew photographer Eddie Cohen. It's printed on aluminum and its fabulous. He's a huge Woody Allen fan, so this is a very personal piece to him. And I'm SO happy to have it. It's too cool for school... and I LOVE how it looks on the silver walls. I generally have enough paintings in my apartment (although I was totally the cobbler with no shoes for the past few months!) so I look for work I love in other fields. Learn more about Eddie HERE. My apartment feels like a whole new place to me. Between the round painting over the high chair, … [Read more...]
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Now that I've gone the route of massive, I don't think I can ever have small paintings there again! I picked these up from the framer on Friday at 4 pm! Talk about crunch time. I'm sitting and drinking my coffee and looking at these babies right now, and smiling because I love them so much. (You can click HERE , HERE and HERE to see what the apartment looked like with the previous paintings that sold, there are also before and afters and sources listed on those posts.) Anyway, the Junior League House Tour was so much fun yesterday! Honestly, it was kind of bizarre having so many strangers … [Read more...]
Sketch42 on the Junior League House Tour, this Saturday!
What are you doing this weekend? Cause I have some exciting news! Remember when I mentioned cleaning up because "people were coming over"? Well, those people are YOU and various other New Yorkers and ladies who lunch via The Junior League House Tour this Saturday, May 5! Um, yea... this is crazy! What is the Junior League and what is their house tour? The Junior League is a charity, established in 1901 and made up entirely of female volunteers, that's goal is to improve the lives of New York women and children around our city and in the greater New York area. Every Spring and Fall, … [Read more...]


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Since I'm The Seattle Times' new Olympic trousers columnist, it's time I investigate the latest bottoms that people can't stop talking about -- or making fun of -- at these Games.
Since I'm The Seattle Times' new Olympic trousers columnist, it's time I investigate the latest bottoms that people can't stop talking about — or making fun of — at these Games.
They're the Norwegian curling pants.
Nothing says "I'm An Olympian, Take Me Seriously" quite like red, white and blue argyle pants. I'd never wear them, but I kind of like them, mostly because they're adding spice to the normally blah curling outfits.
Naturally, those poor, fashion-forward Norway curlers are being ridiculed.
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"We saw four clowns coming up and down the ice — that's a fun thing to do," Sweden's Niklas Edin told reporters Tuesday.
Said Norway curler Thomas Ulsrud: "I didn't expect this fuss about the pants."
The best comment actually came via Twitter. While the United States men's team was playing Germany on Tuesday, alternate Chris Plys tweeted: "Norway has crazy pants. Kickin it retro I guess."
Later on Tuesday, Norway — crazy, retro pants and all — beat the United States 6-5. Distraction? Maybe. Or perhaps there's more to the Norwegian curlers than their funny fits.
And just to add one more twist to those bottoms: The team uniform was made by Loudmouth Golf, a California company that dresses a famous golfer often known for things other than his ability to play golf.
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Hurp, durp, I'm in a flower mood again...
Hurp, durp, I'm in a flower mood again...
wow the shapes and colors are so lively!! indeed nicely titled
Very nice work!
Beautiful composition and colouring!
Stunning work, hon! Coco
Wonderful colors! So pretty!
A beauty!
I like much.
Ok, now you have me curious - I have seen dussins of these flowery things from you "god-darn-good" fractalists.... but how do you do that... having several gradiants in one fractal-layer (or so it looks like to me).... How do you do that?
I'm going to put up some parameters soon, free for use
Wonderful composition!!!
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Estepona is located at the western end of the Costa del Sol
Estepona is located at the western end of the Costa del Sol at the foot of the Sierra Bermeja mountains, about 30km west of Marbella. It is a more Spanish resort although is has become more popular in the past few years with visiting family holidays makers and expat residents alike.
Estepona boasts a long promenade studded with flowers and palms and a fine sandy beach, away from the seafront, the old town is very pretty, with cobbled alleyways and two delightful plazas. The fish market is definitely worth seeing: Estepona has the biggest fishing fleet west of Malaga, and the daily dawn ritual in the port, where the returning fleets auction off the fish caught that night, it is well worth getting up early for, by 7am though, it's all over.
However although for many years the mainstay of the towns income was derived by its fishing industry Estepona has adopted well and thoughtfully to the tourism market and offers a large selection of activities for holiday makers and visitors alike.
From May onward, Estepona's bullfighting season gets under way in a modern bullring reminiscent of a Henry Moore sculpture. At the beginning of July, the Fiesta y Feria week transforms the place, bringing out whole families in flamenco-style garb. Beyond Estepona, 8km along the coast, there's a minor road leading into the hills to Casares, one of the classic Andaluz White Towns as it clings tenaciously to a steep hillside below a castle.
Further west, 3km inland from the village of Manilva, are some remarkably well-preserved Roman sulphur baths . If you want to partake of these health-giving waters you'll have to be prepared to dive into a subterranean cavern, and to put up with the overpowering stench of sulphur, which clings to your swimwear for weeks. The beaches beyond Estepona have greyish sands (a trademark of the Costa del Sol that always seems surprising – you have to round the corner to the Atlantic coast at Tarifa before you meet yellow sand.
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For golf lovers, Estepona is home to some popular courses including the well establish Atalaya Golf resort, El Paraiso, Valle Romano, Estepona Golf and La Duquesa. Some of the best golf courses on the Costa del Sol and indeed Spain, are located nearby as well and include the famous Valderrama Golf Club, Finca Cortesin, Sotogrande, San Roque, La Reserva, Los Arqueros and many more.
Estepona has its own leisure port ( Puerto Deportivo ) and marina which is well worth a visit and stroll around at any time of the year with its many boats and yachts permanently moored at the port along with a good selection of cafes, restaurants , bars and small shops.
Estepona's bus station is on Avenida de Espana, to the west of the centre behind the seafront. The efficient and centrally located tourism office is located at Avda. San Lorenzo 1, east of the centre near the seafront.
The town offers a large number of good places to eat, among them a bunch of excellent freidurias and marisquerias along Calle Terraza, the main street which cuts through the centre – try El Chanquete or La Gamba . There's an excellent churrería towards the southern end of Calle Mayor ( one block back from, and parallel to, the promenade ) – get there before 11am as they sell out early. For market lovers there is a covered market which sells freash food daily and is located on Calle Castillo and open mornings up to around 14.00 each day except Sundays.
Estepona's nightlife centres on the recently pedestrianized Calle Real, running behind and parallel to the seafront. Here you will find enough clubs , music bars, and lively pubs to satisfy every night owl.


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Sustainable Lenten disciplines anticipate an Easter in which they will continue. But surely Easter hope is for something more.
Isaiah 58:1–12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21
Why do we humans so love to fake goodness? Year after year Lent brings another shout-out to the soul. Year after year we find ourselves dragged forward against the grain of our pretensions of religiosity, through the vulnerability of hearts tender with shames and fears, so that God may find us and make of us transmitters of a light other than our own.
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Leadership of Obama and Malloy has been disastrous for state
The people of Connecticut get shortchanged twice: first with a president who is not a leader, and then a governor who leads in the wrong direction.
The country is required by law to have a budget, yet during President Obama's tenure, only one budget has been approved, and that was in April 2009. Do you think that may be one of the reasons we have such a financial mess? Mr. Obama doesn't feel he has to rein in out-of-control spending by negotiating with Congress. He obviously feels he's above that. It would be nice if someone in his Cabinet would inform him that he should listen to someone.
By looking at his actions, it is obvious Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is working toward re-election. First, he signed a bill banning future capital-murder prosecutions in Connecticut, as well as one granting in-state tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants who attend state colleges and universities. Gov. Malloy's latest ploy for support is his administration's plan to allow certain illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses. Is there something about "illegal" I don't understand?
Connecticut is in a financial mess, yet the governor still pays businesses to move from one Connecticut town to another. I fail to see how this helps the state. We are building a busway that is extremely expensive and needed by few.
Because of the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, gun laws are a hot item. Banning certain guns, clips or ammunition will not prevent future tragedies, but will give the underworld yet another way to make illegal guns a hot commodity.
The best way to prevent these disasters is to screen buyers of guns. The Columbine tragedy occurred in 1999, while Bill Clinton's 10-year assault-weapons ban was in effect. That gives you an idea what the bans are worth.
If you look at the big picture, gun crimes are seldom committed by responsible gun owners. Outlawing guns altogether would lead to civil disobedience, the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Civil War. The law-abiding citizen should not be punished for the actions of a few deranged people who got their hands on guns. The Second Amendment is not to blame for these disasters and its repeal should not be on the table.
For my wife and me, owning a gun is the first line of defense, followed by the police, with their less than adequate rules of engagement.
The National Rifle Association's suggestion of placing armed security personnel in schools makes sense. We have security at courthouses, airports, train stations and docks, so why not schools? Gov. Malloy has a state police driver and bodyguard. The president and his family have protection. So does the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Why not the schools? It just makes sense to extend security to the schools.
It's a dangerous society we live in, and we must face facts. Changes to security must be made to offset the danger.
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Here's Why We Should Leave Brian Williams Alone.
Brian Williams got caught in a fib, or two.
I really don't care, and neither should you.
Verse aside, we seem to be faced with two systems here, and the one we should be focused on, but are so easily distracted from, is the truly troubling one. Brian Williams embellished his stories? Do I care? Not really – at least not in terms of credibility.
Here's the thing: we live in a world that offers nearly effortless real-time access to global information, so it's pretty easy to get a sense of the enormity of what could – and should – be covered by journalists. In reality, however, we live in an America where most of the primary media outlets, and their digital tentacles, are owned by a handful individual corporations. And each of these outlets has its own specific editorial agenda that shapes the information being disseminated by their 'journalists' so that this powerful medium advances the parent entity's political and/or corporate agenda.
Think Fox News likes Republicanism, and hates the current administration. MSNBC leans forward toward liberalism, a far left Democratist agenda, LGBT issues and the like. CNBC (despite Rick Santelli's refreshing clarity and voice) generally seems to spin everything economic toward Rose Colored Glassland, because they get that most of the economy, despite the figures, is driven by psychology. Etc Etc.
With that in mind, the actual consequences of an individual, albeit popular, journalistic personality changing his recollection and potentially undermining some sense of credibility is TINY – even laughable – when compared with the massively consequential long-term effects of limited choice, (often) artificial creation and private control of the information (nee, news) being directed THROUGH him. Let's face it, Brian Williams is a mere conduit, a likable, square-jawed fellow through which information passes to an increasingly dulled and desperate audience by a remote corporate entity that uses so-called news as fodder to subtly mold public opinion and advance a private, for-profit agenda.
Long story short, the fourth estate is now run almost exclusively by the folks who live in estates.
In an age when:
- Corporations write legislature and feed it through their store-bought senators and congressmen so it can be pork-barreled – conveniently below the news radar – into larger bills that serve smaller groups…
- Education is being privatized so that entire generations can be molded, quantified, data-mined and turned into drone like consumers…
- Conditioned apathy and a fear of speaking up truthfully keeps most folks in quietly desperate agreement about the state of the world…Does Brian Williams even matter?
And what did he do, exactly, to provoke such a manufactured sense of being offended for a news cycle or two? Do I care? Am I surprised? How many times when reporting so-called 'storms' have you seen the intense closeup and driving-rain camera-angle pull away to reveal some shiny reporter standing in a parking lot or on a street in an inch of water while pedestrians go about their business in the background? Credibility? Really?
What I'm saying is this – there is no credibility anywhere. Not anymore. So why crucify one guy, pay a lot of so-called, strangely attractive, 'media experts' to come weigh in and fill a news cycle that could instead be dedicated to Boko Haram, Syria, Croatia, a shaky China, or even our own unsustainable debt, poverty, social discord and infrastructure issues right here at home?
And yet, here's the thing: because we've fast grown accustomed (some might say groomed) to our persistent, plugged-in smartphone soundbite-driven, short attention span universe, we now are easily, deeply distracted by every thinly-veneered-yet-oh-so-shiny supposed 'scandal', we scream about the stuff that doesn't matter when we should be paying attention to the man behind the curtain.
So I say screw it. Put him back on the air.
Just iron his blazer and recomb his hair.
Unless Journalists are allowed to reemerge from their holes and tell their well-researched, reasoned and unbiased truth once again, the entire thing is a farce, and Brian Williams should be the least of our worries.
Lego+Shell=Everything is NOT Awesome
Sure, I work in advertising and brand communications – but that doesn't mean I automatically go in for whatever the heck sells the most product – far from it actually. As a father, I think there's WAY too much $ells$ell$ell to our kids, which is why I was so happy to see this great protest piece by Greenpeace about the (now ended) partnership with petroleum giant Shell. Business Insider has a great piece on it here:
And here's the video – enjoy!
Good Storytelling – no words needed.
I saw The Boxtrolls over the weekend – and was a little disappointed. Technically, it was brilliant – no surprise there, as it was coming out of Laika – but it didn't connect with the audience. The problem was the story – or at least the way it was handled: no real character development, no backstory – it was kind of cardboard – beautiful cardboard, but disjointed, predictable cardboard. And that's a real shame, especially if you think about the missed opportunity when you've got such a great toolset to work with from Laika.
Anyway, I've been doing a lot of multi-frame animated digital ads lately – starting to really dig it, because it lets me tell a little story in a small space. It's nothing technically crazy – basically a flipbook approach – but that keeps the production and placement affordable for clients, which keeps me in a position to do better creative – win win. Anyway, I'm getting more interested in video and animation, especially stop motion, and came across this little piece that really struck me as being a nice little piece of visual storytelling – check it out.
Am I a Liar? Should I Be? Struggles with the Creative Conscience.
I was watching a piece a couple of weeks ago on Elaine Stritch on CBS Sunday Morning – she passed away recently at a respectable age, and having lived what by all accounts was a full and successful life. She had a great, interesting, and varied career, but what I always appreciated about her was that she always seemed to be fearless – especially as she got older, she'd put herself out there, warts and all. The funny thing is, as she admitted quite openly as she got older, she actually wasn't. In fact, she said that she was always scared, especially before a performance, and that in her case it led to some self-destructive habits for awhile. Which, in my mind, made her all the more fearless.
I admire that. It's courageous, and human and, maybe, living that way helps us all by reminding us that, in this age of perfect positioning and photoshopped perfection, just underneath the silly veneer are flawed, struggling, striving, unsure and inevitably imperfect human beings.
I think we need more of that sort of thing. A Lot More.
So here's the thing – seeing the piece on Ms. Stritch poked at me a little bit. To be perfectly honest, I've been struggling with a difficult decision for far too long now. And, now that I have a book coming out, it's something that needs to be addressed.
Professionally, I'm a senior copywriter/creative director and brand strategist, and it's been a pretty good gig. I run my own little 'agency' (a word which, even now, sounds a little inflated, even though we certainly do agency-level work). Like most creative shops, we're a small group of full and part-timers and by-project specialists. We create ads and messaging and figure out brands and find new opportunities for small and medium sized businesses. In other words, full-service, just not full of ourselves.
Then a few years ago, to be completely honest, I started pulling away a little bit. We'd gotten a bit bigger – simply in response to client needs, not because we had some well-considered growth strategy – and we were making a bit more money which, in an up and down business like advertising, is always welcome.
But I also noticed clients starting referring to us as marketers.
The first time it happened, I shrugged it off. Clients don't always get the nuances of our industry, I told myself. There are differences between creatives and marketers – copywriters, designers and creatives are idea people – we figure things out and create the new, the interesting. Marketers, to my mind, anyway, are the spreadsheet people. The numbers people; shiny, near-corporate types who serve as a conduit for our ideas, and are experts at bringing them to the marketplace.
Not that they're bad people, mind you – far from it, actually. Most are quite nice. They're just not the way I'd defined myself and my profession.
The problem is, it happened more and more. "This is Larry. He's our marketing guy." Sure I'd smile when they introduced me this way; it was a good way to mask the cringe.
You see, the real reason it bothered me was that it was becoming True on some level: the more we allowed ourselves to be defined by our clients because it was a profit opportunity, rather than a creative opportunity based on what we love and do best, the more we became became marketers.
In my own mind, we – let's be honest, I – was selling out.
Tough stuff, especially when it's true.
But I didn't make a change, I just shouldered the burden. The economy stinks – it did then, and it still does, regardless of what they're selling you on CNBC.
And I have two daughters and a wife that I would die for in an instant, and that I need to support. So I sucked it up and stayed with the bucks.
But here's the thing: from when I was a kid I always hated this sort of thing. I've always felt that materialism and corporate greed and self-justification are the things that wreck us, and are wrecking this world of inequality and simmering anger.
Creatively, That's the theme that underlies much of my fiction – it drives me.
And yet, Professionally, I'd come to accept this.
Which, as you can imagine, created quite a bit of tension inside. It's a tension that I explore, I've come to realize, in Cogh and The Machine: a children's book for adults – my book that's coming out in the next week or so – at least on Amazon while I decide whether not not I should look for an agent.
And its also where I run into some trouble. I guess that things are reaching a bit of a head.
You see, I've long wrestled with how to put myself out there: How does a copywriter and brand strategist who secretly hates the worst of the corporate mindset, the banality of marketing and the soullessness of a materialistic, consumerist culture present himself?
When I look back now, I realize that this inner rift wasn't just a minor thing to brush aside. In fact, I think it pretty much explains why I keep pulling down our business web site, and haven't had a personal portfolio up in years. And trust me, we've done some really great work.
I just didn't feel like I was 'all in' on some level I guess, so maybe having them down or in development or whatever also meant, for me anyway, that I hadn't committed myself to being some kind of a marketer. That I wasn't on some level agreeing with rampant consumerism. That I was holding out – or at least not wholly in agreement. That part of my soul was still intact maybe.
And I've found that it's not just me; this little rift is actually pretty pervasive in the advertising community. Maybe it's because most of us are at heart creatives who somehow managed to find a good paying gig and work with like-minded people, and not Wall Street wannabees – I don't know. But what I do know is that, having spoken with enough of them, and read their posts and comments, they're not all in with the push push push sell sell sell mentality that's coming from clients who are celebrating Christmas in July because there might be a way to make a buck there.
But most of us keep it quiet. At least on the outside, though if you want to see what a lot of us are really thinking, I'd recommend checking out The Creative Confessional. I've been in the top ten more than once….
But here's the thing – I still LOVE copywriting, brainstorming and figuring out how to help businesses get their message out there. The creative process, while often painful, is awesome. And as I've said many times, I fully support Capitalist Economies, but absolutely abhor Capitalist Societies.
It's a tricky business.
So I've been struggling a bit, now that I've got a book coming out and another in the Fall, with which persona to present to the world, and how. Cogh explores the corporate mindset, the roots of inequality and the problem with a profit over people approach – it's angry Dr. Seuss in a way – especially as it's written in verse. Checkin' for Deads (coming out in the Fall) is a first-in-a-series urban fantasy mystery. Sure, it's got demons and ghosts and missing children, but on another level it's all about the unfortunate effects of a hollow consumerist culture that's embraced materialism for a little too long.
So what do I do?
Do I have one blog for thoughts like these – where I'm coming from as an artist and socially aware and opinionated writer – and ANOTHER for the other side – the business savvy award winning copywriter and brand strategist guy, with the portfolio and the insightful articles about advertising and branding and such?
Is that the safe way financially and careerwise? Is that the smart way?
Or do I go All In? Warts and All, as Ms. Stritch would have done? As James Altucher did – and still does – so truthfully and successfully.
A while back, some of you may remember my quest for The Should. I haven't abandoned it by any means (despite my lack of updates), but I think instead of the smaller day-to-days, which I've been marginally successful at being aware of, trying to keep that in mind has opened up some larger issues – like this one.
What do I do?
Here's the thing: I've learned the hard way that the only unassailable position in life to to Tell The Truth. No, it's not the easiest, but it is the strongest. And you get to sleep better at night. As Cogh tells the Great Hardstrom, King of the Corporation, and his lackeys at their first chance encounter:
"The truth I do tell, every time,
I am True,
Mostly because lies
Are a burden on you.
But don't think me a saint,
It's because I am lazy!
To remember all lies,
Well, such effort is crazy.
The Truth is much easier
For it's always at hand
A comforting constancy
That You may think bland."
At this all did shrink back,
These brash words, they unnerved
For they echoed far back,
And 'gainst what each now served.
All but One, that is, and
He leaned forward for more
Thinking, 'Something 'bout this one,
Confident, strong and sure.'
I sense value inside him
A great raw vein of gold
Which I'll mine and I'll use
Well before he gets old…
"What is your name, son?
You seem 'bove all of this."
"Well Sir, it's Cogh…"
A great gasp! And a hiss!
"A Cog!" he exclaimed,
"We need one like you badly!
C-O-G Cog!"
He Bit sounds off quite Madly!
"Yes you're just what we need,
You'll be our perfect fit."
But Cogh, he did notice
Asked 'bout him, not a bit.
"C-O-G Cog!
You have made my day!"
That he spelled his name wrong,
Cogh did not want to say –
And Swept up in that moment
He allowed himself to
Do a tiny wrong thing
He knew he shouldn't do
"Yes, that is my Name,
I hope I can help you!"
Like I said, it's a struggle, but not just for me, I think. The beta read touched a lot of people deeply; their responses were passionate. Maybe reading Cogh will help some more people – I hope so, anyway.
And for me? I'm good at giving advice. Maybe – no definitely – it's time to take my own.
Take a Moment and Watch: With A Piece Of Chalk – JuBaFilms
Very good example of storytelling – without a word of dialogue – enjoy!


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First congrats to the San Fransisco Giants organization for winning a 3rd championship in 5 years!
Now for the losers who captured Americas heart, and why the Royals can't sit back and do nothing all offseason.
Frequently after a team wins a championship (for almost any sport) and has that breakthrough season that team tends to try and retain its team from last year while making no additions.
Save for LeBrons Miami heat we haven't had a team repeat in any sport since the 2004 Patriots and not in baseball since the 2000 Yankees.
Lets not forget that while the Royals did eventually get to game 7 of the World Series they barely got the wild card clinching the spot a couple games above the Mariners and winning that game late.
Here are recent examples of Championship teams who really made very few additions and flopped or performed less than expected the next year.
The 2013 Red Sox who basically retained the same team and suffered from injuries and substandard performance from players like Clay Buchholz and David Ortiz.
The biggest example might be the 2010 and 2012 San Francisco Giants who just retained their teams while making no additions and ended up making frantic moves such as trading for Carlos Beltran at the deadline to fill the holes.
They missed the 2011 and 2013 postseasons. When they made changes such as trading for Hunter Pence and signing Mike Morse they ended up winning it all again. Read the rest of this entry
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Quintin Richardson made a verbal commitment to the University of South Carolina on Friday.Columbia (S.C.) Spring Valley offensive tackle
The 6-foot-4, 270-pounder made the announcement at a press conference at his school.
"I've decided to follow my heart," Richardson said. "The place I want to go is the University of South Carolina.
"Coach Spurrier is building something special here."
Richardson chose the Gamecocks ahead of Clemson and Tennessee. He also held scholarship offers from Auburn, N.C. State, North Carolina, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Middle Tennessee State.
Richardson took multiple unofficial visits to South Carolina to take in spring practices and scrimmages. He also got an up-close look at the Tigers on more than once occasion and visited Knoxville unofficially.
Considered by many to be the Palmetto State's top offensive line prospect, Richardson is the second verbal commitment for the class of 2007 for the Gamecocks, joining Rivals.com Junior All-American cornerback Gary Gray of Columbia Richland Northeast.
Richardson also is the second verbal commitment for South Carolina assistant quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator David Reaves. Reaves, rated by Rivals.com as one of the top 10 recruiters in the Southeastern Conference for the class of 2006, also was Gray's recruiter-of-record.
Offensive line coach Brad Scott was Richardson's Clemson recruiter. It is not known who specifically was recruiting Richardson for the Vols, though defensive coordinator John Chavis and defensive line coach Dan Brooks both recruit South Carolina for UT.
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link me back if u use it
the model is me
the model is me
Used as reference for this: Blue Hair and Corset (Speedpaint Study)
Your likeness was not the primary goal, or I'd have spent a lot longer on it (and it would be a lot prettier)
Your likeness was not the primary goal, or I'd have spent a lot longer on it (and it would be a lot prettier)
That corset is so LOVELY!!!! Where did you get it? :3
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мммм....I know her ^^
Love the colours and the outfit
Oh my.. You are beautiful! I love your hair too ^^ And you're outfit is awesome!
I love, love, LOVE, this outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Totally adore this pose. I'll definitely link back if I use it.
I love the corset!
In love with the corset and your tattoos. Thanks for sharing.
Nice outift
where do you keep you organs?
Gorgeous all around love the corset btw
You are gorgeous, luv your hair, luv the dress, love everything
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I used this for a sketch study but I posted it in my sketchbook at conceptart. I'm not using it for anything else but I gave you credit for the stock and I wanted to let you know! It is a lovely picture let me know if it is not ok that I have the drawing posted outside of DA and I'll take it off.
if you're interested in the sketch you can see it here ([link])
if you're interested in the sketch you can see it here ([link])
youre rly handsome
Simply beautiful.
This really shouldn't be stock, personally. :3 It's too pretty.
This really shouldn't be stock, personally. :3 It's too pretty.
Nice top ^^
wow! yer so pretty!
great hair!
great hair!
Amazing dress!
I love the corset. I was wandering if you made it or if you bought it? If you bought it, were?? The picture is really amazing, everything from the angle of your body, to the lighting, and the colors you used. Its very good.
Where did you get that dress!?
I must know!! o.o
I must know!! o.o
it's not a dress, just a corset
love your dress!!
where did you get it?
love your dress!!
where did you get it?
you look like Jennifer Morrison from that angle.
I LOVE the dress and the colors!
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I love love love it!
beautiful, sexy and a great dress, wow
Ksyusha, you really are the most beautiful girl in the world, in my opinion at least. I really liked the purple hair on you but this blue color on black looks just as great, if not better. By the way what is the name of the bird on your chest tattoo?
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now these look like cunning creatures that give elves trouble
Good vision of the concept, I like this very much. It captures one of my envisioning of Goblin very well.
Love the pose and setting. I like the placement of his weapon and how the arrow tip is just barely touching the water. Wonderfully done.
Great designs, I like how they look like bats.
Oh yes, this are real Goblins!
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This is great, I really like your style.
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Awesome picture, I really like the symbols on their armor.
u use such beutiful colours..
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i should learn that from u
Colors are my weakness. I don't realy think I use them well. They looks so unnatural at general. But studies make us better, isn't it?)))
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Annabelle's Great Pond Bed & View is located mid-island, a practical place to stay and set up if you're looking to take in all of the Martha's Vineyard experience. The larger towns, each with its own character, are 8 to 10 miles in all directions from our place. Many people prefer this "mid-island" approach for the calm and peacefulness and the escape it provides in balance. We are surrounded by a horse farm, a farmer's field and the beautiful Tisbury Great Pond. If you bring or rent kayaks, it's the most scenic half hour paddle out to a beautiful private barrier beach and picnic on the Atlantic Ocean. We always recommend bringing a car or renting one but about 20% of our guests either bike or use the bus system. The closest bus stop to our place is 3/4 mile walk and the bus runs once per hour.
Rooms & Rates:
Annabelle's Great Pond Bed & View has two bedrooms available on the second floor of our home. Each room has water views, 100% cotton linens, beach towels and a mini-fridge for your use.
We also have passes to West Tisbury's beach - LAMBERT'S COVE BEACH. You must have a pass to get onto this beautiful private town beach.
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1) Queen Bed - SHARED BATH with one other bedroom - $175/night Sunday through Thursday ($250/night Friday & Saturday.
This rate is for one or two guests.
2) Queen Bed & Single Bed Room - SHARED BATH with one other bedroom - $225/night Sunday through Thursday ($299/night Friday & Saturday)
This rate is for two guests. $50/person extra for additional guests.
For a family, you can have up to 4 people---we have an additional single pull-out mattress under the single bed.
3) Bedroom with PRIVATE BATH. If you have up to 3 in your party, the larger room (with the queen size bed and a single bed) is given to you Sunday
through Thursday at a rate of $400/night ($475/night Friday & Saturday). For more than 3 guests, a second bedroom with a queen bed is added at an rate of $75 per person.
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The Arizona Cardinals have fined Darnell Dockett $200,000 for spitting on teammate Kerry Rhodes and defying coaches' orders during the Cardinals' 7-6 loss to the New York Jets, according to Albert Breer of NFL.com. Dockett is appealing the fine, and the NFL Players Association has begun the process of filing a grievance on the players' behalf. "Thank God for the @nflpa that's all I got to say... "I ain't got no worries"," Dockett tweeted on Friday. Dockett disagreed with Rhodes and the Cardinals coaching staff about a defensive strategy to let the Jets score to give the Cardinals offense a final possession while facing an eight-point deficit. Dockett and Rhodes argued on the field, and Dockett reportedly then spit on Rhodes. Rhodes denied Dockett spit on him. "Yes, we had a disagreement on the field but, no he did NOT spit in my face," Rhodes said in an email released by the team Tuesday. "I'm not going to get into all the details because I think those are things you keep within the team. But Darnell and I talked after the game, we're both moving on and I'll leave it at that."
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When you have unconventional, demanding (might we add kick-ass?) jobs like these guys do, getting dressed doesn't automatically mean putting on a suit and tie.
The Job: British heritage label Kent & Curwen's newly appointed creative director.
The Archetype: According to Spurr, the much-parodied image of the fashion professional dressed in head-to-toe black is rooted in reality. "Black jeans and a T-shirt is a staple for me just because it's easy," he says. "I gravitated out of blue to black denim about four years ago. I think it's sharper, and, for me, a jacket works better with a black jean." His pared-down look allows him to indulge in statement accessories—the current favorite is a pair of subtly flashy Burberry Prorsum boots.
The Minimalist Mind-Set: Spurr's uniform isn't only about ease of wear, however. "If I'm in a serene environment, and it's very clean and monochromatic, it allows my brain not to be distracted by things going on around me or what I'm wearing," he says. "It allows me to focus on the job."
The Rewards of Risk-Taking: Spurr tends to appreciate anyone who displays a strong sense of personal style and is emphatically against designers issuing hard-and-fast fashion rules. "What works for one won't work for another," he says. "Whether it's within the office or on the street, if you feel good in it, then I encourage that."
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PAULINE NORMAN Peacefully at Dorset County Hospital on 12 June 2012 after a long illness bravely borne aged 73 years. Much loved wife of Barry, devoted mother of Alan and Tanya, Ian and Paula, Gary and Lorraine, grandmother of Richard, Charlotte, Jessica, Ben and the late Sharon, great grandmother to Tao. Funeral service will take place at Weymouth Crematorium on Monday 25 June at 3.15pm. Family flowers only, donations if desired for DCH Charitable Fund may be sent c/o Grassby Funeral Service, 8 Princes Street Dorchester DT1 1TW. Tel (01305) 262338
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Wow... I don't get a chance to shoot at the beach terribly often, but when I do, I really, really enjoy it. Saturday was no exception, and Tiffany and Rob's wedding at Congress Hall in Cape May was a fantastic time. I'll let the images do the talking, but suffice it to say that Tiffany, Rob, their families, and their wedding party were all an absolute delight. Despite the fact that Tiffany had booked me over the phone and I'd never met either of them before, we felt instantly at home with them. To make things better, Pete Malone came along as well to help out (a few of the shots below are his), and we were working alongside Dave Williams and his team from CinemaCake as they put together what I'm positive will be a stellar wedding film!
We'd been keeping an eye on the weather that week... we managed to avoid any thunderstorms, but lemme tell ya, it was windy.
The ceremony was at the beautiful Our Lady Star of the Sea church.
A stolen moment on the bus.
We shot on the beach -- briefly -- before deciding it was simply too windy. We did manage to get a few shots by the lighthouse, though.
Then it was back to Congress Hall.
What a great end to the night...
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Suitless sunbathing occasionally occurs on the Point Reyes shore that "bares" the name of British explorer Francis Drake, who is said to have landed his Golden Hinde there in 1579. The beach is near a memorial named after him. Not everyone, though, agrees where Drake came ashore; some experts think it happened in Bodega Bay, Tomales Bay, way to the south in Santa Barbara, or even considerably north, in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Legal status:
Part of Point Reyes National Seashore.
How to find it:
From San Francisco, follow Highway 101 north to the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard exit. Stay on Sir Francis Drake through San Anselmo and Lagunitas. At the intersection with Highway 1, go north to the Point Reyes National Seashore headquarters in Olema. Pick up a map, then follow Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Drake's Beach Road and stay on it until you reach the beach. If you wind up at Point Reyes Lighthouse, you've gone too far.
The beach:
Beautiful, untamed, and sandy.
The crowd:
Visited mostly by nonnudists, Drake's also attracts a few discreet skinny-dippers.
Cold water; wind; directions could be improved.
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The poodle skirts, ponytails, slicked hair with handy back-pocket combs and drive-in ready convertibles are back—at least on stage at Bear River High. "Grease-The School Edition" opened last Friday and is set for three more nights.
"This edited version of the original features all the beloved hits from 'Grease,'" drama coach Bradley Skinner said, "but the content has been changed to make this show suitable for the entire family."
Leads Krissy Nichols and Nick Summers play Danny and Sandy. Both are strong vocalists and dancers. As a whole the group of actors are cast well. Other leading male roles are Micah Roberts, Kenickie; Jordan Conrad, Doody; Jared Thompson, Roger and Jake Rudd as Sonny. The Pink Ladies are Vanessa Loveland, Rizzo; Rikki Robbins, Marty; Anna Evans, Frenchy and Catherine Evans, Jan.
The dance scenes are fun and, along with the solos, are strong facets of the performance. Obviously, a quality sound system would really help the soloists project better, but the Garland Women's Civic Club is working to provide the auditorium with sound upgrades.
Some of the song highlights are "Greased Lightening," which features an amazing on-stage transformation of a cool convertible and "Hand Jive" is a really lively dance scene. The T-birds really mix things up with a unique long-handled plunger version of "Those Magic Changes," with Conrad as lead vocalist and his guitar accompaniment.
Andrew Deakin keeps things fun with his Eugene role and Sarah Wight plays a very peppy Patty. Shameless advertisements for local hot spots are peppered throughout the play and an impromptu competition during intermission is sure to entertain the crowd.
The performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday. Tickets can be purchased online at showtix4u.com or at the door.