Category Archives: Consumers

Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self  Envisioned Me Aging

Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself

Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self  Envisioned Me Aging

Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself

Aging a Shocking Revelation

I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t

Aging a Shocking Revelation

I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t

Do We Heart New York’s New Logo?

A word of advice: Don’t mess with New Yorkers’ hearts. Change the iconic “I Heart NY” logo? Fuggedaboutit! A loud Bronx cheer could be heard in all five boroughs as soon as this new “We Heart NYC” logo was unveiled

Do We Heart New York’s New Logo?

A word of advice: Don’t mess with New Yorkers’ hearts. Change the iconic “I Heart NY” logo? Fuggedaboutit! A loud Bronx cheer could be heard in all five boroughs as soon as this new “We Heart NYC” logo was unveiled

Politics and the Pitchman Make Strange Bedfellows

Pillow talk is kept to a minimum in my house It’s time I come clean and confess. I share my bed with a rabid right winger and have since 2018. My head filled with woke thoughts that keep me awake

Politics and the Pitchman Make Strange Bedfellows

Pillow talk is kept to a minimum in my house It’s time I come clean and confess. I share my bed with a rabid right winger and have since 2018. My head filled with woke thoughts that keep me awake

My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On

Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past

My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On

Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past

Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars

The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for

Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars

The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for

Dizzy Dames Comic Book

Dizzy Dames

“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics  Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m

Dizzy Dames Comic Book

Dizzy Dames

“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics  Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m

Sheriff Ron DeSantis Saves Disney’s Flawed Kingdom

Watch your back Mickey, Disney World has a new Sheriff in town. And he’s gunning’ for all you gays and trans out there determined to brainwash our children. It’s about damn time. We all know that Disney has long been

Sheriff Ron DeSantis Saves Disney’s Flawed Kingdom

Watch your back Mickey, Disney World has a new Sheriff in town. And he’s gunning’ for all you gays and trans out there determined to brainwash our children. It’s about damn time. We all know that Disney has long been

Dilbert Get His Pink Slip

Dilbert is getting his pink slip. Somebody should have called HR a long time ago for the cartoonist Scott Adams’s racists remarks. Hundreds of newspapers are dropping the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after a racist tirade from its creator.  In

Dilbert Get His Pink Slip

Dilbert is getting his pink slip. Somebody should have called HR a long time ago for the cartoonist Scott Adams’s racists remarks. Hundreds of newspapers are dropping the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after a racist tirade from its creator.  In

A Flintstone Milestone

Yabba Dabba Doo! Pebbles Flintstone just turned 60 years old. That’s right kids, Fred and Wilma’s fashion-forward baby forever dressed in a leopard-spotted loincloth and rocking a dinosaur bone in her red hair, is now a card-carrying member of AARP.

A Flintstone Milestone

Yabba Dabba Doo! Pebbles Flintstone just turned 60 years old. That’s right kids, Fred and Wilma’s fashion-forward baby forever dressed in a leopard-spotted loincloth and rocking a dinosaur bone in her red hair, is now a card-carrying member of AARP.