Category Archives: Question

Supplements

Posted on December 2, 2010 by sputterpub

     While walking home with groceries last week, I got to thinking about vitamin supplements. As usual I’d forgotten to even acquire mine, let alone take them. I recollect those mornings when Mom came at me with the vitamins. I … Continue reading →

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The Goodenough School

Posted on November 30, 2010 by sputterpub

When I was 59 and paying half attention to a news clip about the failure of our schools, I heard an interviewee comment, in passing, that of course every parent wants the best possible education for his or her kid. … Continue reading →

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Immigration

Posted on November 24, 2010 by sputterpub

When I was 41, I met a birthday buddy. He was born exactly three years before I, and we were so alike it seemed a point for astrology. Until I got to know him better. There were similarities, sure, and … Continue reading →

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Co-Evolution

Posted on October 6, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was around 6 years old, I was into television ads. TV was in general fascinating then. That was before color sets, before we shortened the name of the miracle to TV, long before cable or dishes or … Continue reading →

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The Spaghetti Squash Incident

Posted on September 20, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was around 43, I terrorized my kids with a vegetable. We were living in our North Berkeley creekside cottage. Katie was approaching 16 and Danny was around 9. I think both of them had gone vegetarian by … Continue reading →

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The Marketing Argument, Concluded

Posted on September 10, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was 60 I completed my argument about why marketing is not inherently creative. I’d already reported that we use our left brain hemisphere to make money and our right lobe to make art, but the discussion didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Marketing Argument, Continued

Posted on September 3, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was 60 a volcano in Iceland erupted and sent an ash cloud over much of Western Europe. I was channel-surfing the TV that night, looking for more information about the event, when I was stopped by a … Continue reading →

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The Marketing Argument

Posted on August 27, 2010 by sputterpub

   When I was 59 and Andy was pushing 51, he made an astounding statement. Astounding to me, anyway. We were in the office, on a spring afternoon. I can still see him, perched against the little mauve table on which … Continue reading →

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