The Great Ed Cray

This great man, more than any other, fostered my love for words and a respect for the art and precision in how to connect them. Ed taught the first class I ever had at USC. Journalism 101, news writing. Lou Grant brought to life. Crusty on the outside, warm and...

Badda Bling

Perfect start to a client meeting. A dozen gorgeous doughnuts, right? Look again. In the lower right corner. The downright homely one. “Ordinary,” one might sneer. Bereft of all the sparkly, blingy adornments of its neighbors. The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree of...

Why

I hail from a line of frustrated inventors. Back in the late ‘40’s, my grandfather received a patent for what was basically a hollowed-out aluminum spike that one filled with spicy seasonings and hammered into a raw chicken. Judging from the 20 cases of unopened...