2008 September

Subtitle:  "Dear John:  Find Another Doctor Who Cares." I was opening my mail on Friday when I noticed an envelope from my physician's clinic.  I was surprised to read that my doctor is leaving the group.  I started to add the letter to my growing recycling pile when two things occured to me: Although a patient of this physician for over 2 years (likely 8-10 visits), I'm rather ambivilent about her departure as my personal physician.  Other than the annoyance of having to get to know...

"Form follows function-that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” —Frank Lloyd Wright My husband is a builder and has a tendency to view solutions through a utility lens.  Is it the right size?  The right shape?  Does it work?  Will it last?  Yes? Move on. I tend to take a more aesthetic route.  No, I don't think there's actually a place for a backless couch covered in fragile white fabric in a living room bare of aditional seating. ...

Subtitle:  Superiority By Association. I received the August 11 issue of Advertising Age today (more likely a result of my tardy subscription renewal than a result of our mail delivery system, I suspect), and was intrigued by an article by Mike Lawrence titled "Yes, Comanpies Are Responsible for Charity," which in turn, evidently was prompted by a previous Ad Age article written by Jonathan Salem Baskin in July titled "Transparency, Not Charity, Is Corporation's Responsibility."  Seems the gentleman...

So it's the first day of a new month (I gotta ask, where did 2008 go?  I'm not ready for snow!  But that could be my reality in two short months.) and I decided to tackle my ever-present teetering pile of work-related reading material.  So there's no misapprehension - I love to read, and I love to learn, and I'm a speed reader - but the first two truths create a problem:  my eyes are bigger than there are hours in the day. Which is why I'm just now getting to the August edition of Multichannel...