Lost in New Jersey

Finding myself through thousands and thousands of words

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Writing Lessons From Microsoft and Weird Al Yankovic

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This week I have been humbled by Microsoft and Al Yankovic. First came the  “Hello There”  memo that announced 12,500 layoffs amid a mo...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Why Do Journalists Chase Redheads?

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Because, in the spirit of Willie Sutton , that’s where the money is. Visiting Bloomberg offices recently , I learned that “redheads” are w...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

There's Something About Mary

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This headline isn’t unique . Neither is this photo collage of the shrines to Mary in my New Jersey neighborhood ( see here ). Neither am ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Pretending to Be Famous

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Step and repeat . That’s what you call the photos taken in front of promotional banners at charity and awards events. It’s also where, to...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

“Ulysses" in the Age of Buzzfeed

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Marilyn Monroe reading "Ulysses" Did you know... you have an 8-second attention span? That’s one second less than a goldfish’...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

The First Rule of "Gotcha Journalism"

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"Fight Club" fans already know the answer to this. The first rule of "gotcha journalism" is you do not talk about ...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Graduation Day

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My daughter's graduation yesterday was a suspicious occasion. Yes, this was the malapropism dropped by one of the presenters at Mont...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Civility in Corporate America

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“You and the rest of your corporate greedy cronies are destroying the country,” the recent email to me began. “Does crawling into bed with ...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Frosty, the Throwback

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In my first job at pre-Verizon NYNEX, I was asked to take one for the team and dress up as Frosty the Snowman during family day in Decemb...
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