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Kris Allen is the next American Idol

By On May 18, 2009 · 3 Comments · In Marketing

In a just world, at the end of a season that featured the most raw talent they’ve ever assembled, Kris Allen would be this season’s American Idol in a landslide and authenticity would be hailed as the new black.

Period.  And shut up. (Especially you, Kara DioGuardi!)

Of course, we don’t live in a just [...]

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When in doubt, follow Frank’s lead

By On February 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

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…and do it YOUR way.

ETA: Okay, I hate posts of videos with no real content, especially on a day Seth Godin challenges everyone to blog something interesting.

I woke up this morning with Sinatra’s “My Way” stuck in my head on repeat and it was a good thing. A timely reminder [...]

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The Mind Reels

By On December 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

With only a few days remaining for last-minute surprises, 2008 has been one for the books on so many levels — personally, professionally, globally — the mind truly does reel.

And reels, and reels, and reels… perhaps somehow what I imagine bonefishing might be like?

(h/t to one of my newfound loves [...]

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Things to Do

By On August 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Montclair Honeybee Fest
Originally uploaded by bloomfieldguy

Last night, we were suprised to hear the sound of jazz music coming through our front window, at first thinking our neighbor might be having a party, then realizing it was LIVE music from a concert going on in Watsessing Park. [...]

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March Madness

By On March 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

No, it’s not the basketball tournament…it’s the one-week-late March edition of your favorite NYC-centric literary journal, Spindle Magazine!

Log on now for new poetry by Roger Bonair-Agard, Gerard Sarnat, Jeanann Verlee and Beverly Wilkinson; short fiction by Tim Clancy; and creative non-fiction by Anne Germanacos.

Plus, keep an eye out next week for [...]

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