From PopBitch… Publicist’s statement of the week: Paris Hilton’s PR Elliot Mintz, when asked about the white substance spotted in Paris’ nostrils at a New York restaurant. "I can tell you Paris does not use narcotics. I would imagine it’s something like whipped cream or a sugary substance from dessert, something that naturally might have found its way onto her face if she touched her nose or whatever. "I’d label it a stray dessert. A stray dessert. That’s brilliant. HA!

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedatedNothin’ to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedatedJust get me to the airport put me on a planeHurry hurry hurry before I go insaneI can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brainOh no no no no no… Unfortunately, I wasn’t sedated, and I was awake the entire flight home. By hour eleven, I’d gotten bored. Fortunately, I found other things to do. I wound up watching all the episodes of "Justice" that my TiVo had auto-recorded for me. Got through the "J’s" on my Holiday cards. Wrote a press release or five. Found three people who would talk to a major paper for a huge article on [...]

Shoes by Calvin KleinJacket by ArmaniJeans by Seven for All MankindShirt by Rock and Republic. Being thought of as a Marketing Expert by the Pacific Rim? Priceless. There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s The Geek Factory.

Eva Ng, the Planning Director at BBDO and Proximity, gave a truly spectacular presentation this morning on "Marketing to 21st Century Humans." I’m going to try and find a copy of it and put it up here for download. It was spectacular! Kudos to Eva. Eva Ng, Planning Director, BBDO and Proximity

For those who don’t know, my father is a Grammy-nominated Jazz musician. And an amazing one, at that. He’s now a music education professor at NYU, and one of his conditions upon taking the job was that he get to form a jazz choir. The result is below. He’s the one in black, directing. Wish I was there.