Worst. Spam. Ever.I received the following email in my inbox this morning: Good Day, I am Mr Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen, GBS, JP Chairman of the Hong...
NHL Trade Deadline Day: T-minus 245,000 speculative words from Pierre McGuireA few thoughts on the eve of the 2009 deadline
Thinking our way out of the recessionDigging holes and filling them back in won’t work. Growth requires investment in ideas.
Meet The Guest-Star Parents, Or, How I Met Barney’s MotherWe’re going to meet Barney’s mother on How I Met Your Mother tonight (played by Frances Conroy from Six Feet Under ). This may or...
For The War? Against The War? Who Cares? 100 Episodes!Don’t forget that tonight is Corner Gas ’s syndication-busting, wealth-producing 100th episode , which is an episode with meta...
How to beat an insurgency by killing fewer peopleI wrote this article about tackling the Afghan insurgency for our website.
Soap Operas Are Always Ahead of the CurveThere was some discussion recently of product placement, and whether we’re going to see a lot more of it if networks cut back on...
Weekend Viewing: "Real Families"I didn’t have time to seek out something to embed this weekend, so in honour(?) of Jerry Seinfeld’s "The Marriage Ref," here again...
MUSIC: Bach To Basics?I recently ordered a new CD (yes, I still listen to some music in disc form) that hasn’t been released in North America yet but...
When Executives Become ProducersYou may have read the news that Chris Albrecht , the former mastermind of HBO (until he had to step down due to his arrest in...