Me, Estela Cabrero, and Elly Trickett, PR Week Goddess, Friday night at the Royalton Bar.

Because in the end, we simply love this stuff. We’re transfixed by the moving image, live, as it comes in. It’ll never, ever stop. Huge Fireballs Turn St. Louis into Tourist Attraction again

Abby Ellin threw her  book party last night for the launch of her new book, "Teenage Waistland" – Lots of fun. The irony of having a book party for a book about fat kids and then having plates and plates of Krispy Kremes was not lost on me. Gift pillowcases done very well, courtesy of Klein Creative. Stephanie over there is really starting to make a name for herself. Very impressive, she’s becoming. Yoda sounding like, I am. Abby, as she always has, looks fabulous. I, of course, look like I’m retaining water. But my shirt rocks. Also, Abby’s book continues to climb up Amazon’s charts. Well done, Abby. Well done. Abby got me my first ever NY Times profile, [...]

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Random Wednesday thoughts. Even though they’re one of the most fun clients I’ve ever had, I’m glad I wasn’t handling the Great Ice Pop Debacle for Snapple yesterday. (Although they’ll get great press out of it.) Michael Scanlon is not a smart publicist. Colin has interesting thoughts on prostitution as a form of marketing. I’m sure we’ll see street women working CES next year. Anyone want to guess on how long it’ll take for a post-death (with death being an operative word, anyway) album? And on a personal note, why can we send men into space, put microchips onto the head of a pin, and into the head of a cat, yet we still can’t figure out ways to make [...]