Can trying to remember names of movie stars you see on vintage films on late night TV be a healthy form of memory exercise? I believe so, which is why I call the cinematic workout TCMembering. Since watching classic films can also act as memory steppingstones, what you’re doing is exercising your cognitive process. Your … More When it Rains, Actors’ Names Do Pour Out of Films on TCM
If you were the papal publicist, would you simply provide media with all the latest medical reports on his condition, or would you see this also as an opportunity to generate deeper faith in God by making prayer the most potent medicine for Pope Leo XIV and his flock of believers? I’m sure the Pope … More Say You’re Doing the Pope’s PR, How Would You Treat His Cancer?
Sadly, this past week we all lost someone special, even saintly. Eva Marie Saint undoubtedly is now appearing in her final debut on a much loftier, bigger screen, heaven. Hollywood parishioners will long remember when she made one of the most spectacular film debuts in Hollywood history in On the Waterfront as the beloved costar … More Eva Marie Saint’s Final Debut
Today is my birthday, but please don’t ask me how old I am as it won’t make me happy. Don’t even think of counting the candles as I stopped with them surrounding my birthday cakes decades ago and causing everyone heatstroke. Now I put only one just for some light. So, know that I behave, … More Wish Me Happy Birthday Just Skip the Number Part
As data center development surges, so is the opposition to them in communities across the country, which is worrying Republicans that it could flip the Senate. Voters are unhappy with their rising energy costs, heavy water use and the billions the centers are receiving in tax breaks, which is opening opportunities for Democrats in Ohio, … More Will Aversion to Data Centers Hamper GOP Election Prospects?
Hey Y’all, just returned from four action-packed days in one of America’s liveliest, most sparkling towns, which to me and millions of others is the beloved country music capital, Nashville, TN. I was there with my beautiful Brazilian wife Rita accompanying her as she worked as liaison to the high-flying Brazillionaires wing of one of … More What a Time We Had In the Country Music Capital
While many of us are still getting our feet wet in adopting artificial intelligence, some Silicon leaders are now urging us to slow down its development before it goes rogue and kill us. Could AI noticeably affect the routine daily lives and work schedules of human beings? Could one day AI make us all … More Could AI Make Us All Act Like Ants?
While walking along the beach, I often wonder what’s buzzing in the minds of tractor drivers. In a relatively short time, we see a valiant army of them whisk away a near neanderthal of seaweed, soon restoring our beautiful beaches to once again pristine clean, eminently walkable stretches. Yes, it’s a tractor triumph and to … More What, Pray Tell, are Tractor Drivers Thinking?
Here’s the story I found fascinating about a sacred piece of art I purchased one day while touring Bari in southern Italy. I’m sharing it on the eve when the nativity of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, is celebrated–Sept. 8. It’s a picture of the blessed mother with her hands beneath her garments and her … More Kazan Mother of God, An Icon from the Ashes
Public Relations firms create much more than publicity, as valuable as that is! In fact, you could call many publicists artful sculptors. The leading PR firms create and sculpt media messaging that perfectly defines and aligns with outcomes and benefits their respective clients seek. And the most productive publicists do it artfully in ways that best … More Sculpting PR Campaigns To Make Them Impactful!