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    "They had their cynical code worked out. The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket."

          – George Orwell

     

     

     

     

     

    "Advertising – a judicious mix of flattery and threats."

          – Northrop Frye

     

     

     

     

     

    "Chess is as an elaborate a waste of time as has ever been devised outside an advertising agency."

          – Raymond Chandler

     

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    Monday
    Feb012010

    collateral damage

    DateMonday, February 1, 2010 at 11:44PM

    As you of course know, this business is a little... unpredictable. Client asks can change in an instant (after all, the client's business can change at the same speed) and sometimes you get to the end of an evening having been typing or noodling for hours and you're finally done and you're caught up on email and you realize, crap, I've got nothing coherent to say tonight, even given the low expectations I have for this little space.

     

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