Sometimes I sit down to blog and I know what I’m going to write about. Other times, I don’t. Tonight is an example of the latter. You’d think, given the simple “Thanky” focus of these posts, that something should easily and immediately come to min…

I hopped online to write tonight and was greeted by a Posterous screen I hadn’t yet seen before: “Down for maintenance.” I missed a heartbeat (possibly two), then calmed down. Down for maintenance? No bueno. I have a [self-imposed] deadline. What’…

One of my best friends said to me tonight, “A star is brightest right before it burns out.” Someone who’s on the verge of a life-altering career change, Friend was talking about the underlying current of energy that’s been felt as of late. Friend …

If joy was a tangible object, for me it would be a strand of twinkle lights. When I lived in Connecticut, I remember visiting stores like Anna’s Linens or Home Goods, trying to find things to make my place, well, more like home. On one particular …

Marilynne Robinson wrote about it. Motley Crue penned lyrics about it, and Ozzy crooned to mama that he’d be returning to it. Many people want to buy it, fill it and be able to pass it down someday. There are sections of department stores devoted …

Whenever I’ve written something, the hardest part for me has always been coming up with a suitable title. During my high school years, I remember turning in stories when it came time to pass our homework forward. Time after time, I’d get my papers…

I was talking with my cousin today about how I occasionally question my career. Not so much advertising, but automotive advertising. I’ve always considered myself a car person, and while I love advertising, those two words together make me suspect…

One afternoon a few months ago, I was minding my own business and driving down a relatively busy street when I noticed a man lying on the sidewalk. It was an odd scene. The same way you’d see a few leaves, a discarded soda can, a crumpled piece of…

Sometimes we look at life in totality and it can seem so daunting. Other times we break it down into more digestible chunks, but ones which still have the potential to cause weariness. So many months till this, so many weeks till that, only a few …

Six focus groups, six people in each. While there were often people who agreed with others in their own group, at times my head was spinning from the different perspectives. Sometimes it felt like there were far more than 36 total viewpoints over …