I think I once felt happiness. A state of bliss. A candy kiss. But I had missed. It was not this. Not happiness. It was loneliness. I’d...

“Four dogs went to the wilderness. Only three came back. Two dogs died from Guinea Worm. The other died from, you. Jack Kerouac.” — ...

It’s quite possible that one of the emerging stylistic traits in my writing is a fondness for the usage of a bold headline with an...

I’ll remember the way that you took to the mornin’. For the rest of my life and for the rest of the day. It came up upon me, without any...

Junior year in college I was living in a house with four other guys off of South Lamar in Austin. It was one of those houses that gets...

Dave: I need everyone just to give me some space. Stacie: Like, you don’t want us in here? Brian: You want us to leave? Dave: It’s an...

First of all, I’m not talking about ads that lie. Believe it or not, most advertising pretty much tells the truth. It may dress it up a...

If you believe what you read in the Old Testament– and these days who doesn’t– then you know the story of Moses. To summarize: a burning...

I get into a lot of arguments. Thankfully, they are mostly with myself. And when they are with other people, they are usually about...

I’m feeling down. You’re not around. And I’ve been stuck in this town for so long it’s got under my skin. I’m feeling low. No place to...

It’s really not that difficult. The truth is, we probably make it a lot harder than it actually needs to be. We do it to ourselves. We...

There used to be this thing called advertising. Man, was it a blast. We had so much fucking fun working in this thing called advertising,...

The screen door is broke and there’s a Dodge on the lawn. The neighbor keeps wondering what the fuck’s going on. So, he peeks in the...

I’m a Gen Xer. And I’m guessing a lot of people out there reading this are Gen Xers too. I keep a pretty close eye on my metrics. I’m a...

Sometimes it seems like home is just the place most far away. There are very few absolutes in life. Nothing is a sure thing. And the...

The Rolling Stones played here in Detroit, this week. I didn’t go to the show. I’m still avoiding large gatherings. Plus, I’m not a huge...

I made a horrible mistake, I did. This morning I got out of bed. That was my folly. A disastrous blunder for which I’ll be punished...

As an experienced, highly trained marketing professional—I am especially sensitive to what is and isn’t good messaging. I’m sure you’re...

"Once I rose above the noise and confusion. Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion. I was soaring ever higher. But I flew too high."...

Things don’t always go as planned. Life is funny like that. You start planning out how you think it’s going to go and life totally farts...