Market Karma

Market Karma

I don’t want to sound vindictive. But there are very rare moments at which the market’s disinclination to tolerate garbage dovetails harmoniously with karma’s disinclination to being denied. And when they come along, you have to take notice. Case in...
Contagious Human Characters

Contagious Human Characters

Forbes has introduced something called BrandVoice, which it describes thusly: Forbes BrandVoice allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content – and participate in the conversation – on the Forbes digital publishing...
Splitting Hairs

Splitting Hairs

I got an email this morning that made my hair stand on end. The subject line was “Regrow Natural Hair”. I don’t know why, but that simply never occurred to me. Every time I’ve regrown hair, it’s been synthetic. And I’ve fallen into...
Ground Control to Major Tom

Ground Control to Major Tom

As you’re well aware by now, I’m usually late to the proverbial dance when it comes to trends. So, it’s with typical tardiness that I come to this winner: earthing. In case you, too, are not yet up to speed, earthing promotes the idea that walking...
Danny Gatton: The Darkness of Talent

Danny Gatton: The Darkness of Talent

On October 4, 1994, guitarist Danny Gatton was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Newburg, Maryland. In early 1989, some friends and I had the privilege of seeing and hearing Danny Gatton play in Hartford, Connecticut. It was a cold, snowy...