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
When you’re walking blissfully along the beachfront saying friendly hellos to fellow beach walkers, why are there always those few who make you feel like only lunatics are friendly. Fortunately, most beach walkers will return your smile, even respond saying “hi,” while those whom I call the “self-centered” will stay so far out of … More Why Waste Friendliness on Self-Centered Beachgoers?
Among millions of soccer fans who thought that red card was so out of place after such a bad call on Folarin Balogun, one happened to be the President of the United States. And like he usually does, President Trump spoke his mind. Kudos to him! Sure, his contacting FIFA President Gianni Infantino sparked controversy. … More President Trump was Right On To Question Balogun’s Red Card
What’s this I just read that the divorce rate among older couples is rising at a faster clip and their marriages are falling off a cliff faster than ever before in America. Ironically this is happening as we celebrates the 250th Anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence, where Americans are staying happily married to … More When Marriage is Such Fun, Why Is Gray Divorce Rising?
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™
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
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
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 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
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
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!