F.A.D.S.

 
On December 8, 2008 Major League Baseball said goodbye to arguably the last great pitcher of the modern era and we, as fans, lost one of the last great role models.

Senator Dick Durbin wins big ups from me for his candor about his recent request to ask President George W. Bush to commute the sentence of former Illinois Governor George Ryan.

The first time I shot a handgun I was six years old. The powerful force knocked me off my feet. Fortunately, before my bottom bounced on the gravel, my dad caught me in his arms with “See what I mean,” assurance.

Have you seen the New York Times article about using “striking words” in your news releases to gain the attention of reporters, especially on slow news days? Oh yes! It’s true. The article, titled “Need Press? Repeat: ‘Green,’ ‘Sex,’ ‘Cancer,’ ‘Secret,’ ‘Fat’” ran last week and quotes, GASP!, PR people who support [...]

With new design comes new opportunities!  We found out just this morning that your one-and-only spinsucks.com is nominated for best marketing blog by the Blogger’s Choice Awards!  And by somebody we don’t even know.  So thank you “lamsemjaza”, we appreciate the readership and the love for the nomination.
    So, if you hate spin and love FADS, [...]

Lately, the concept of worthwhile work keeps slapping me in the face.  Last week, on Friday the 13th, it knocked me over along with tens of millions of Meet the Press-viewing devotees.  Tim Russert died – at work.