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Boston Red Sox – chipping away

February 21, 2007

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Check out this story about how the Red Sox have FINALLY chosen a chip sponsor for the team. Lovely use of their talent. Maybe they could get some more pitching and get an outfielder who has an arm and some real range. This town hasn’t been the same since Dwight […]

Borderless conversations – a Twitter dynamic?

May 12, 2008

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A tweet (a note on Twitter) just came in about a guy who happened upon his wife’s body laying on the floor of their home. Seemingly while giving her CPR, he was tweeting about the event on Twitter. See the sidebar on the left. Where do the boundaries begin and […]

Blog notes

June 26, 2006

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Frank and Nic and others have commented on the slow refresh rates of the Bowl of Cheese blog. That‚Äôs not their imagination, it‚Äôs the consequence of an overburdened staff of writers here at Novel Ideas. You see, when there are paying clients ‚Äì like Gulf Oil, Tweeter, Brookstone, Hasbro, Fidelity, […]

Birden of Guilt

December 26, 2010

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That while watching the myriad birds dine on the feeder outside – filled by your wife or partner and not you, you lazy so and so – you stroke the cat on your lap (not a euphemism) and wonder at the birds’ grace and skill. You neglect to watch the […]

Ashes, ashes; dust, dust, dust

February 21, 2007

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Before you get on your Skype account and give me a call (the number is 201-793-8255, that‚Äôs 201-793-TALK), realize that the comments I‚Äôm about to share came from a friend of mine. His beliefs might not quite align with mine, but they are sometimes enlightening. According to a friend I‚Äôll […]