Category Archives: Entertainment

Big River: Welcome To The Circus

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Recently it has come to my attention that one of Big River’s fellow tenants called us “circus people.” Granted, this comment was heard by one of our “circus” people while sitting in a restroom stall playing games on an iPhone, … Continue reading →

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I’m Guilty

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Terry Taylor

After reading Pete Dexter’s review of Jim Harrison’s new book, The Great Leader, a review where Dexter admits to and feels guilty about writing a 1956 book report on the Bible without having ever read it, I have a confession … Continue reading →

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Time Capsules

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I spent last week reading World Book Encyclopedia’s Year Books from 1965 – 1976. Perhaps you are old enough to remember these dusty annuals. It is fascinating to read about events that happened 40-something years ago in language that makes … Continue reading →

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BBQ, Rain, Mud, Wrecks and Rednecks (Part 2)

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Terry Taylor

The dirt track hugs wooden bleachers angling up about 25 feet into the damp Shenandoah wind. A man in a camo gimme cap with a belly big enough to have swallowed a small child chugs by wearing a painted-on-tight t-shirt, … Continue reading →

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Rudy’s Klout

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Social media is constantly changing and adding new sites. If you have an extra 3 minutes in your day, social media will find a way to use 4 of them. Now there is a way to measure your influence across … Continue reading →

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Lessons From Create Tech

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Recently, Geoff Stone and I attended the AAAA’s Create Tech conference in NYC to hear from several of the digital and emerging technology leaders in branding. Of course that means people like Scott Prindle and Brian Skahan from CP&B, Trevor … Continue reading →

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Key West Conversations: Damned Good Liars

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Terry Taylor

It took less than fifteen minutes to realize I had found a place that fit a part of me that I have kept prisoner under the guise of corporate bullshit for 30 years. I was still in the cab when … Continue reading →

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Conversations from Key West

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Scribbled on an AirTran barf bag are these words: “Below me, the Atlantic meats the Gulf of Mexico, blending in shades of Galaxie 500 peacock blue, luminescent aqua and deep cobalt surrounding the last island in the Florida Keys. Scabs … Continue reading →

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Not Everyone Is Seth Godin

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Blogging is not dying; it’s just getting tired. Have you noticed this trend? People are rambling and posting stuff from other blogs and repeating themselves. Sometimes they just post pics, and why not? No one reads anymore. Do you want … Continue reading →

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Social and Mobile.

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Everything is digital. And everything is social. There are no sides anymore, or a fence either. Traditional media lives within and outside both as well. I think the problem is content. And companies may not be exclusively creating content if … Continue reading →

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Branding Your Child

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I was just flipping channels and I came across a show about pregnant women preparing to have their babies. I normally don’t watch such fare, but in this case I broke my own rule. What came next made me want … Continue reading →

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Pass The Worms

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Recently I saw a story in Garden & Gun by Roy Blount about worms, the kind people use for bait. We used to call them wigglers. In that same issue was a story about barbecue by John T. Edge. Even … Continue reading →

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Buck Walnut Comes Home

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Terry Taylor

No one expected him to show up. After all, he was supposed to be dead. Should have been dead after all he did. But there he was, bigger than a preacher after a dinner at Golden Corral, wearing a bulging … Continue reading →

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A Week in Detroit

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Detroit has been maligned for years, some of it deserved, some of it not. I do not have to replay news stories of the auto industry’s collapse or houses going for $1 or unemployment over 30% and entire neighborhoods going … Continue reading →

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Sir Winston Rudy Hasselhoff

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Anyone with a deep knowledge of arcane and worthless information knows that David Hassellhoff was a big star in Germany in the late 1980’s. If you didn’t know that, then you probably have a life and don’t own a TV. … Continue reading →

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