I’ve noticed a trend since becoming An Adult. Most of my contemporaries and colleagues have succumbed to an unusual disease: an inability to feed themselves, glance away from their computer monitors every hour or so, and get a good night’s sleep.
Maybe it’s just the PR industry, but I hear the same story from my [...]
I have no science or facts to back this up, but I’m pretty sure it’s true. There can be no line of work more conducive to packing on the pounds than PR. Like most office jobs, there’s the danger of being sedentary for most of the day, getting no real exercise, celebrating office birthdays with [...]
I know. I’m confused as to why I have this day off too.
Happy holiday, for those who have it! Sorry to those who don’t.
I have a golden boy (or girl). I have an apple of my eye. I have a client that I just love to bits.
I hate playing favorites. I put in just as much hard work for all my projects, but there’s just something about your favorite client. It’s not that they’re particularly nice or [...]
A quick story from the lunch table.
We were talking about the toys we used to play with as kids. We all had dolls or action figures or little plastic dinosaurs. (What the heck ever happened to dinosaurs? I mean, in a marketing sense? They were everywhere in the ’80s and, what? Now they’re not [...]
So on Friday, I was convinced that I could have an unforgettable weekend. Guys, I tried REALLY hard to do unforgettable things. I went to a museum I’d always meant to go to, I packed a picnic and enjoyed the weather with my roommate, and I went on a crazy beer run in Chinatown, where [...]
My boss and I both like the TV show Lost. Probably because it’s the best show ever made. If you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the gist: plane crashes on a deserted (not really, though) island and crazy stuff happens.
OK, changing gears really quickly. Today we had a fruit tray for a client [...]
Here’s the deal: I have THE best subway conductor. During my morning commute, at 9:32 AM exactly on the downtown A train, this guy pulls into my station and says into his microphone in a clear, cheerful voice (though the subway mics are notoriously fuzzy), “Good morning! This is a downtown A experience!” (He might [...]
No real blogging today, kids. Also no copyediting over the weekend, no ARCs or manuscripts to read on the subway, and no tweets that contain the hashtags #pr, #sm, or anything else business-related.
It’s a holiday. Go. Have fun. Get some vitamin D. Eat a sandwich. Come back refreshed and ready to rumble.
Late post today because it’s been a busy, productive, and awesome day.
I woke up knowing today would be awesome. Some days you can’t convince yourself of it, no matter how hard you try, but today is not one of those days. Today I helped people, I spread some bookish love, and I knocked some [...]
