Author: maddenmischief

CAUTION: THE SPIN STARTS HERE WITH TOM MADDEN! To tell Tom Madden to stop spinning and inventing is like telling the Federal Government to stop spending. He is the quintessential “Spin Man,” the title of his engaging memoir recounting his rise from a harrowing career as a newspaper reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer to the pinnacle of the PR world. One of his latest inventions, The Knife and Forklift™, is making the media rounds and gobbling up air time almost as fast as his drag racer client Alexis Dejoria drives her Alcohol Funny Car. Contact: tmadden@transmediagroup.com 561-750-9800 x2210

Sir Lunchelot Guards What Helped So Many Eat Slower, Lose Weight with Knife ’n Forklift™

June 28, 2026

And Enabled a Boy with Tremors to Feed HimselfDeploying this Early A.I., Appetite Independence! When you’re living happily long as me, and you love to eat, drink and be merry creating things, sometimes there isn’t enough food and wine or wall space enough to display what you’ve so proudly brought to life.  So, the challenge … More Sir Lunchelot Guards What Helped So Many Eat Slower, Lose Weight with Knife ’n Forklift™

I Remember Growing Up where ‘Juneteenth’ was Born

June 19, 2026

Every Juneteenth makes me think fondly of my late dad when he was looking and acting as Texan as he could, when he and my mom and me lived in Galveston in the 1940’s at the Buccaneer Hotel way before Glen Campbell sang that immortal song. Today we’re remembering how Galveston became the birthplace of … More I Remember Growing Up where ‘Juneteenth’ was Born

Silverbird Praising my book One Wintry Day in New York

June 14, 2026

This picture was taken just before the turn of the century, one snowy cold day out on Long Island.  There I had a second home to where I’d retreat on weekends from hectic workloads ensnarled in that ever-jumping thumping Manhattan.  These days I think of my late great pal J. Reuben Silverbird whenever I receive … More Silverbird Praising my book One Wintry Day in New York

Is War’s Mission to ‘Liberate’ Children from Growing Up?

June 7, 2026

Rita and I live in a condo on the beach.  We walk daily on the beach.  And a few nights ago, I was glued to TCM watching the 1959 film “On the Beach.” “On the Beach” was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire, but he wasn’t dancing … More Is War’s Mission to ‘Liberate’ Children from Growing Up?

Pope Warns, AT&T Heeds Applying A.I. Humanely

May 29, 2026

Pope Leo XIV’s recent warning to safeguard against the most disruptive effects of artificial intelligence on humanity has begun to sink in.  Over the next five years AT&T is said to be planning to invest $38 billion to hire and train blue-collar front-line workers, many of whom might lack college degrees yet are skilled technicians … More Pope Warns, AT&T Heeds Applying A.I. Humanely

A bottle cap went missing On Memorial Day Weekend

May 24, 2026

Rita and I are walking along our blissful beachfront in Boca Raton, and of course as usual I’m picking up discarded plastic bottle caps desecrating our pristine beach as we go.  So far, I have collected two blue caps and one white one. As I proudly capped my military service to our great country after … More A bottle cap went missing On Memorial Day Weekend

Man, Does Trump Know Alligators!

May 21, 2026

Feeding alligators is dangerous, not to mention flagrantly illegal in many parts of the world.  No one knows this better than President Trump, or the best way to deal with these hungry, ever dangerous critters. Our president knows well that feeding them can make alligators lose their fear of humans and begin associating them with … More Man, Does Trump Know Alligators!

Today I’m Announcing My Candidacy To Be the First Centenarian President

May 14, 2026

That’s right, I’m announcing today that I’ll be throwing my Trump ’24 cap into the ring to become on November 6, 2040, the first President of the United States of America over 100 years old but change that “old” to “young.”  By then I’ll still be a sprightly 102, but I’ll serve just the one … More Today I’m Announcing My Candidacy To Be the First Centenarian President

Excuse me, Before You Read This, Are You Certified?

May 10, 2026

Are you as sick as I am hearing this same question asked over and over in those TV commercials in which effervescent and congenial respondents happily and proudly answer: “Yes, I’m a certified financial planner.”   Then all relief breaks out as we see the anxious questioner finally able to smile. Yes, immediately that answer makes … More Excuse me, Before You Read This, Are You Certified?

Could Regime Seeing a Disunited States In Lopsided Polls Be Prolonging This War?

May 7, 2026

Do we want gung-ho nuclear evildoers running a vicious regime thinking they’re winning a war when really, they’re getting their ass kicked?  Do we want them feeling that a majority of Americans seem sympathetic when calling this war crazy?  But isn’t that the signal President Trump’s critics may be sending to a ruthless enemy who … More Could Regime Seeing a Disunited States In Lopsided Polls Be Prolonging This War?