by Jason Fox | Jun 30, 2013 | Idle Chatter |
This month, Chatter celebrates its 100th issue. Which is convenient since this happens to be Chatter’s 100th issue and there are mentions referencing said achievement plastered all over the very publication you’re reading. This level of synchronicity is actually rarer...
by Jason Fox | Jun 2, 2013 | Idle Chatter |
Father’s Day is upon us. This, the 63rd most important of all our national holidays, is actually, from an official standpoint, just a few months older than your humble author. And while it may seem hard to believe that a scant 23 years have passed since President...
by Jason Fox | May 6, 2013 | Idle Chatter |
In the olden days of 2002, the summer movie season began on Memorial Day Weekend with the release of what industry people (or wags, as industry people like to call other industry people since everyone owns Chihuahuas named Tiny) label “tent-pole,”...
by Jason Fox | Apr 1, 2013 | Idle Chatter |
Not the author. Yet.Ask people what they consider to be great comedy, and many will reference classic television sitcoms like “Seinfeld,” “M*A*S*H” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” Others may instinctively spew forth lines from...
by Jason Fox | Mar 26, 2013 | AdHole Specific, Advertising, Copywriting |
Photo by Bill HornsteinOn Monday, May 11, 2009, the statement “I’ve yet to hire a writer who uses ellipses in an ad” echoed out across the Twitterverse and into the feeds of 15 followers*. And so began the long, steady, often donut-powered...