I, Homunculus

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Money, Money, Money, Money. Mo-ney.

Slate’s got a rather moany-pants article about the fallout of the ongoing ad apocalypse, as advertisers react to the real or imagined threat of TiVo and DVRs and their commercial-skipping ability (quote from last night’s time-shifted TV viewing of The Colbert Report: “Why are we watching these commercials? This is The Future!”). I have to [...]

Movin' Out

The last five days have been a flurry of activity as I moved out of my semi-posh Lincoln Square digs and (temporarily) into Right Brain Central, the abode of my collaborators and co-conspirators Nick and Chris (not to mention Kate, our Muse and den mother). The move was predicated largely on financial grounds – my [...]

Humbled and Jealousy-Ridden

It’s hard for me to get over it when success strikes so nearly to me that my eardrums split and my teeth clench and I can barely sputter out a “How … NICE … for … them!” It’s ten times worse when I can’t take potshots at my friends who find themselves among Glory’s Chosen [...]

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