Texas 10/1/95
What began as a “five year mission” just hit 30 Right about now, 30 years ago to the minute, Christi, two cats and I exited…
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Echo chamber
Few social media platforms generate as much discussion about their cultural impact as Bluesky. What began as a promising alternative to X (formerly Twitter) has…
Starting over
Mike Woodson’s IU tenure ends with a whimper As new Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries begins his tenure in Bloomington, it's worth reflecting on the…
AI turns it over vs. the press
A cautionary tale about AI and digital revisionism Anyone who questions the efficacy of AI's usage in writing and research, this one's for you —…
Dazed and bemused
What Bicentennial mania was really like New City, 1996 [Note: I'm getting the jump on next year's "America 250"] One score and fifteen minutes ago,…
Deep cuts
RIP Brian Wilson... Sequel songs... Cheap Trick and more Check out the latter half of Beach Boys Today! an album I didn’t know much about until Wilson’s…
The best and only advantage
Business communications constantly obsesses over the latest buzzwords and technological jargon. Here’s a novel idea. What if businesses cut through the noise, talking instead about…
Us lucky sevens – Remembering Paul Johnson
Remarks on Paul "Pableaux" Johnson in Austin • April 12, 2025 Good afternoon. A reading from Paul: “Brick House” by The Commodores ought to be…
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Absurd queries, corporate comms evolution
30 years of pranking by post — and what we learned “…the deadpan and gullible responses from major corporations, especially when read aloud, bring on…
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Reviewing Chaos
Book review (plus) Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill; Chaos, Netflix documentary by Errol Morris. In the late 1990s,…
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