Everyone has a defining moment, an event that changes or shapes a career. When I first started working in television, I would take pretty much whatever job came my way. Didn’t really matter what or where it was, work was work, and as a tadpole freelancer, you don’t turn down...
After what seems like a lifetime of mixing live remote sports audio, I thought I’d seen it all. Wrong. In twelve years, I never had a day like yesterday. I mixed the Easter Day NBA game; Miami Heat vs. Some Other Team. The game was broadcast nationwide, and being Easter and all, it...
This is the second in a series of letters I am sending to various companies. I hope this one works out! Guinness & Co.St. James GateDublin IRELAND 88 Dear Mr. Sir Alec Guinness, Your beer is the absolute best! I love the way it makes me feel, from the very first creamy pint right up...
I have found what has to be one of the word’s worst jobs. I had dinner last night at the Pelican Restaurant on Miami’s swanky South Beach. Eating at a sidewalk table, the collagen and silicone freak parade seems endless. The food is delicious, the waiters attentive, courteous...
Actual letter I sent to Cape Cod Potato Chips today: Cape Cod Potato Chip Company100 Breed’s Hill RoadHyannis, MA 02601 Dear Cape Cod Potato Chip Makers, Recently I was a passenger on a US Airways flight (First Class! Seat 3F) and I received a complimentary bag of your...