Category: The Trivial

So, I’ve Been Thinking About The Shortcomings Of American Idol, And I Have Some Thoughts.

{Bo Bice asked to take a picture with me. What do you think about that?} So, this is really kind of awkward. I mean, when you get invited by AT&T to experience in person an awesome musical spectacular that fourteen million people across America are watching from their couches, you kind of feel like the only thing to say is… Read more →

It’s Purgeday Thursday, But This Post Has Nothing To Do With That.

Sometimes I pinch myself because I have a really fun job. I don’t know what my job is exactly these days, so I try to sum it up as “Storytelling” because Blog Posting, Screenwriting, Book Writing (did I tell you I’m working on a book about the psychology of Hair? Oh, we’ll have to get in to that sometime because… Read more →

“That’s Why Her Hair Is So Big, It’s Full Of Secrets”

{photo by Jill Krause} My hair has always been a weirdly important part of who I am. My eternal mood ring, it is unmatched in its ability to reflect my internal sense of self, with or without my permission. Still, almost counter-intuitively, I’ve always regarded it as “just hair” — and my willingness to try new things with it reflects… Read more →

“What Kind Of Hippie Am I? I’m A Business Hippie.”

Several years and a whole other life ago I was working on the Windows “I’m A PC” campaign when I stumbled across these photos of Bill Gates posing for Tiger Beat Magazine circa 1983 or so. They’ve basically stuck in my mind as “the greatest thing ever” ever since… {Floppy Disks Are Sexy.} Like, seriously who directed this photo shoot,… Read more →