by Mark O'Brien | Dec 14, 2015
As regular readers of my ravings are well aware, I’ve had some trouble keeping up with some of the latest developments in eye care, eye ware, and vision-correcting technologies and techniques. Well, I suspect, with no small degree of discomfort, that I may have...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 28, 2015
There are some things for which modesty and humility just don’t allow me to wish. But my inherent propriety notwithstanding, it appears I may actually achieve the status of Certified Home Brewer (CHB). I hadn’t dared hope. “And how, precisely, will...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 6, 2015
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...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 21, 2015
A post in The Cauldron, published by Sports Illustrated, is one of the most affecting things I’ve read on brand, marketing, culture, and their inextricable relationships in a long while. “The NFL remains addictive in America, but it’s losing ground...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 16, 2015
As Victor Frankenstein discovered, sometimes you don’t know you’re creating a monster until it’s been on its feet for a while. And, as young Vic also found out, once it’s up and around, getting rid of it might pose something of a...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 15, 2015
If you read as much as I do, you can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of content being pumped out daily. But if you’re anything like me, you’ve discovered that, like the effort required to find the figurative needle in the proverbial haystack,...
