I just spent the last two hours crafting a seriously brilliant post comparing Occupy Wall Street to Netflix. You’ll have to believe me when I tell you that it was the best, most insightful thing that I have ever written. Not to brag, but I really think that it could have influenced the evolution of […]
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Occupying Wall Street was the easy part… now let’s see if they can manage growth
Posted in History, Ideas, Marketing, Observations, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged corporate resistance, evolution, face tattoos, Night of the Long Knives, Occupy Wall Street, protests, Qwikster, Zuccotti Park 17 Comments
Note to self… never cancel the TV show of a guy with political ambitions
Al Franken is trying his damndest to shut down the Comcast/NBC merger. I’m sure it has nothing at all to do with it, but I think it’s worth noting that, prior to getting into politics, Franken worked for NBC. It’s also worth noting, I think, that executives at NBC cancelled his series, LateLine, after a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics Also tagged Al Franken, call to action, Comcast, Eric Holder, Julius Genachowski, LateLine, media consolidation, monopoly, NBC, television 7 Comments
Laying in bed, hoping it’s not the West Nile virus
Linette and Clementine are at a kegger tonight at our friend Ruth’s dad’s house, and I’m home alone, sick. If you can believe it, I’m even shakier and sweatier than usual. I guess I’ve got a bug of some kind. Every time I stand up, I get a head rush, but, so far, I haven’t […]
Posted in Mark's Life Also tagged anxiety, film noir, Health, keggers I have missed, mental health, OCD, panic attacks, shaky, sick, sweaty, West Nile Virus 18 Comments