A Hollywood luminary of many highly esteemed and critically adored films enters the stage. The old guard rises from their seats and claps with reverence. The younger generation follows suit out of courtesy. They don’t recognize the person. Continue reading And the Oscar goes to…
I must say it’s one of those glorious days today. You know when you’re in the backseat of your armored car and your experienced driver has the car humming at high speed, passing the street crews and work vans like they are pylons; the sun kissing your face so that it feels warm and comfortable … Continue reading News Lab – Part 6
I love the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. Or I think I do. I have vivid memories of my parents talking at length about their love and need for their morning coffee. Continue reading News Lab – Part 5
I don’t want to bore you with the details of the test. The truth is I was only half paying attention. As soon as they get past the first couple of baseline questions, like who are you, and what do you do here, I tend to drift in thought or zone out. Continue reading News Lab – Part 4
Do people still read? Will there be people in the future who will read? Are we too distracted, disinterested, content to bother? Do we need everything to talk to us, show us, wash over and drown out all senses in frivolous entertainment and spectacle? Continue reading Volume XXII – January 2023
“Mr. Lomax, I have Susanne on the line as requested.”
I recoil slightly when I hear my secretary’s voice. There is something about the disruption of my stream of consciousness, my thought processes, that a single interruption can ruin my day. Continue reading News Lab – Part 3
I wasn’t sure C was the right person for the job the first time I reviewed his history and resume, nor was I fully convinced after the introductory period ended and he was made a full-timer. Continue reading News Lab – Part 2
The waiting is the job. That’s what my boss told me anyway. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about during the interview. It was after I’d gone through a battery of physical and mental tests. Continue reading News Lab – Part 1
I started watching old episodes of the “The Real World” recently. If you grew up in the nineties or early aughts then you remember the cultural power of MTV and this one show in particular. Continue reading “The Real World…”
Every day the mail carrier delivers a fresh clutch of solicitations. They arrive as a steady stream of appeals to guilt or preemptive exchanges of value for donations, or even a little bit of both from the more sophisticated of the bunch. Continue reading Charity (Junk) Mail
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