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Writer of ads, screenplays and the occasional grocery list

Joined April 2009
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It's growing abundantly clear that @tacomac and I have very different opinions as to what "swimming" wings means.
Asking a writer to work in Excel is a little like asking an artist to paint something nice on scraps from a refrigerator box. #PITA
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New blog post: Variety is the spice of online advertising bit.ly/OXlN95
New blog post: What's in a Name 3 (not) in 3D bit.ly/MIDRTp
The 4 phases to a copywriter's career: who is Greg Feist, I know Greg Feist, get me Greg Feist, who is Greg Feist. Do you know Greg Feist?
One of my favorite things is getting passed up for jobs then seeing the craptastic results they got from the "better" guy.
Well, this is fun. Not necessarily accurate, but fun. cultofmac.com/179202/what-th…
Larry Bird on whether current Olympic team could beat Dream Team: "They probably could. I haven't played in 20 years and we're all old now."
New blog post: Advertising Dinosaurs and Five-Dollar Whores bit.ly/LLDQhf
If you claim to be a cutting-edge ad agency, but pulling up your site on my phone gets only "Install Flash," you are wrong.
A site has 9 secs to load. If you put up a splash page or try to sell me something, I'll go elsewhere. #nopatienceforbadwebsites
It's official I'm addicted to @HBO #Newsroom.
The takeaway from the commercial isn't that bags fly free on Southwest. It's that Southwest's baggage handlers play with your bags.
New blog post: Borrowed but worthy: 13 Ways to Kill Creativity bit.ly/Mwlfki
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The takeaway from the commercial isn't that Oikos is the best yogurt in the world. It's that John Stamos is friends with a snooty bitch
I once had an AE tell me to cut copy. He helpfully highlighted words he felt unnecessary. All the verbs. #truthinadvertising
I once had a client who corrected the grammar of lorem ipsum. #truthinadvertising
New blog post: Requiem for a Form Letter bit.ly/Mmkj4b