Kelly Blazek, Cleveland’s nasty e-mailer: how seriously should we take her apologies?
IABC Communicator of the Year has a pattern of bad behavior. I’m not sure “I’m sorry” is enough. We all screw up. When we do, it’s our responsibility to acknowledge it and apologize to those our mistake in someway damaged, hurt, disadvantaged or inconvenienced. Hopefully we learn and move on, never repeating the mistake. But sometimes … sometimes apologies are
Read moreDear women of Match.com and OK Cupid: WTF is wrong with you?
Women – and men – in online dating communities are acting like goddamned sociopaths. This needs to stop. Okay, not all of you. But some of you. Men, too – I’m guessing this isn’t just women. See if you recognize yourselves below. On multiple occasions I’ve been talking to women I met through OK Cupid. Things going great, we really
Read moreGo read this right now
Did you see Thomas Frank’s column at Salon Today? It’s quite short and, bubbly Facebook memes notwithstanding, it’s rare to see this much wisdom packed in such a tight space. The word is a polite one, but “inequality” is what we say when we mean to describe the ruined downtown of your city,
Read moreAnd now, with the #1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the Portland Trailblazers select….
We now know that highly rated Kansas center Joel Embiid has back and knee issues. What we don’t know yet is how Portland is going to secure the #1 pick so they can draft him.
Read moreП is for Pussy Riot: thinking ahead to the next Russian Olympic Games
Pussy Riot’s commitment to social justice in the motherland is more than admirable. It perhaps merits a spot in Russia’s artistic canon. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia closed today, and if you set aside the homophobia and generally strong-armed approach to governance by the host, one Vladimir Putin, these games were remarkable in just about every way. The
Read moreSt. Paul & the Broken Bones: neo-Soul don’t get no more real than this
Normally I try and show you “official” videos when I write about bands, because that’s where you get the best audio fidelity. I think you’re going to see why I opted for the live vid in this case, though. Sweet lord a’mighty.
Read moreEarthrise: New video on the greatest photograph in history highlights importance of luck
Photographers everywhere can identify with William Anders and the crew of Apollo 8. Our friend Frank Dilatush forwarded a YouTube link this morning commemorating the 45th anniversary of what many consider to be the most famous photograph in history: Earthrise, taken December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. As it turns out, the iconic shot almost didn’t happen.
Read moreWalmart “Working Man” ad: Rush sold out their fans. Big time. #WTF
Rush’s decision to license “Working Man” to a company that has declared war on American workers is one of the biggest betrayals of trust in Rock history. Yesterday I offered up a brief post wondering what the folks at Walmart were thinking when they chose to use Rush’s iconic “Working Man” as the soundtrack for their ad on investing more
Read moreGetting a PhD was the best decision I ever made. And the worst.
American businesses are anti-intellectual. American universities are anti-relevance. The gods help the overeducated schmuck stuck in the middle. Hi. I’m Sam, and I’m a PhD. Hi Sam! For those of you who don’t know me, I have a doctorate. Communication, University of Colorado, 1999. Some days it’s the thing I have done in life that I’m most proud of. Other
Read moreNew Walmart “Working Man” ad: what’s wrong with this picture?
Walmart advertising execs need a lesson in geography. And maybe irony. Have you seen the new Walmart commercial? Pay attention at around the 50 second mark.
Read moreThe center cannot hold
Extinction of the species
I had an idea for a sci-fi movie. Basically, it was about an alternate universe where humans evolved exactly the way we did here, except that our noses were upside down and we went extinct when somebody invented the shower.
Read moreHappy Valentine’s Day from S&R: Two love poems
I was never great at love poems, but these two are probably my best. Gravity: Summer Solstice, 1992 – for Mary Go tell it to the sea, how he should let go his moonstruck, his shameless high tides – climbing each day, each night kissing at her cloudless indifference.
Read moreMt. Basketball Rushmore: which four players would you pick?
LeBron James is certain that he’s going to be on basketball’s hypothetical Mt. Rushmore someday. Who’s there now – Jordan, Bird, Magic, and who else? King James wants to see his face carved in granite. Hard to blame him for being confident. “I’m going to be one of the top four that’s ever played this game, for sure,” LeBron James
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