Bear with us for a sec. We have to work the counter-messaging angle on this information torrent. International, Domestic, all that stuff is peaking like the waves coming ashore in a storm surge. Creative Section Leader DeMille got us in trouble with Socotra House Management last week about conveying a ‘sense of alarm.’ We forget […]

We started this morning with a marvelous road report about America in the last few weeks. It conained not only an account of some of the ordinary wonders we take for granted in this fine land, but also the assorted treasure of friendship, family and life itself. We prefer to start the new week with […]

We had anticipated a longer appreciation featuring that woman in the upper left of the poker hand held by wild Bill Hickok immediately before his violent saloon ambush murder. He is on the right. Hannah Arendt is the philosopher on the left, though probably interpreted as on the right these days. Her quote is worth […]

It was swarm of data yesterday, dumped in lumps into a ripe August day warm-tinged with moisture under bright sun and clouds that danced gently over Big Pink’s placid pool. The Salts, some still wet from immersion, were arrayed in general loose order, some still in the java phase of the morning and others already […]

Item in brief: Iran attack on Israel likely within Two Weeks. Massive country-wide rocket and air strikes expected with land incidents on/around Golan Heights possible. Highest point of vulnerability after sunset on 12 August though activity near onset possible for effect. Validity: High generally, though not actionable by private citizens. Reasons for the alert is […]

So, this was about as dramatic as storm clouds get in this life. But not off the top this morning. The dancing messages start the litany of vectors to them. We were told about the biggest US-Russia prisoner swap since the Cold War, more gold medals for the US, and more. The top of the […]

Management had a simple message in the text it sent to frame the morning Management had a simple message in the text it sent to frame the morning production meeting. We assume they intended us to read it before the meeting developed the Daily product, and the contribution to the book they are supposed to […]

We have a weird sort of world this morning, don’t we? Any of these strings jumbled in the image above is worth a vigorous discussion, a bottle of fine wine, or a growing sense of despair. We are doing two out of three already. Let’s start with some good news before we get to the […]

The only word for it all this morning is “weird.” That is a change to the talking points that echo across the messaging. It is coordinated, of course, from the lips of Senate Majority leaders to the host of pundits in the same identical phrasing to describe Salamander stopped by The Patio yesterday to catch […]

That is a Dorothy Parker quote, and we apologize for starting the working week with mild alarm. When uttered, it must have been a memorable moment in New York’s Algonquin Round Table cocktail lounge. Maybe muttered over some rich silk blouse, with pearls and red lips perched on the rim of a martini, a Chesterfield […]