Homelessness ain’t just an American thing… Part of my S&R Tokyo Series He was selling The Big Issue Japan on the south side of Nakano Station, so despite his immaculate appearance I […]
The big issue
Life sucks…
…but you do not. Part of my S&R Tokyo Series (Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, November 2015. See my other work here and here.)
The kitten, the junkie, the dog, and Steven
Extremes enrich an abundant life… In my chosen profession there are extremes which exist outside of me and are mine (or yours) to take or leave. The world is ugly, and the […]
Here’s to Henry
Bukowski would have been 96 today… How do I pay tribute to a man who both enriched and destroyed my life? If I had never read his work I’d be less of […]
“Tokyo in the Underbrush”: ArtsWeek
Pictures and poems from Japan’s bubble years… Introduction In January, 1987 I graduated from Lehigh University with a B.A. in journalism. By the first week of March I was in Tokyo, Japan […]
SXSW "homeless hotspot" idea goes tragically (and predictably) wrong
What was BBH Labs thinking? Michael Sebastien at PR Daily is on the money in saying that “it might go down as one of the biggest PR disasters of the year.” New […]
Nota Bene #123: Behold the Chickenosaurus
“There ought to be limits to freedom.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #117: Wake Up!
“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to […]
Nota Bene #116: Long Live Elena Pavlichenko
“I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #107: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” Who said it?
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