26
February

Grammar & stamps for sale.

My eagle-eyed, highly accomplished friend Seth Matlins also appreciates the art of a finely-crafted letter on high-density stationery. He noticed this new service and sent it to me to share with you. http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/gramr/   As an expat, the proliferation of mobile devices is one of the best things that has happened in the seven years…

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27
January

Emerson College in L.A., Vin’s dream come true.

We got to walk through the new Emerson College campus in Los Angeles last week.  It was so magnificent that it brought Vin to tears… and I wrote the architect Thom Mayne, who’s world-famous for his break-through designs, of how the experience moved at least one Emerson alum. Please Share

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22
January

Baldessari, Calder, and Silverman .

http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/calder-and-abstraction-avant-garde-iconic   It was a dazzling week for the arts.  I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Tuesday.  I wanted to see the Calder Exhibit and decided “Just go, don’t wait for a friend”. I liked his quote about how circles and spheres influence all of his work and I…

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18
January

A fan letter — “36 years overdue”.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMdwJ7fyp00‎ VOTE FOR LARRY CEDAR in “OFFICE THIEF” ad for Doritos… if it gets a million votes, you’ll get it into the Super Bowl Sunday commercial line-up! **** I was a transfer student who came fresh off the boat from UC Santa Cruz… into the hard-core Communications Studies Department at UCLA, where pre-laws pushed for…

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14
January

Thanks for your help — a “Power follow-up”.

I’ve been drifting around trying to figure out who could be a teammate in finding me the right job.  My friend Jackie L. — who’s a high-placed power-broker on the East Coast — spent an hour brainstorming with me, and suggested a recruiter she knows.  After I made contact with him, I thanked Jackie for…

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10
January

Gracious loser…with a typo.

I didn’t get the job — but I wanted to thank the head of Human Resources who stayed in touch with me throughout the process. She sent me an e-mail, which I responded to — but then I also added a personal “snail mail” touch. A real letter is more “me”.   Although I got…

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9
January

Astronomers encourage writing ‘thank you notes’

www.astrobetter.com/the-importance-of-thank-you-notes/ One of my goals this year is to be a “TED” speaker about “The Art of Thank You”.  I want to see what others say about why ‘thank you’s’ are important.  I blundered into this piece so am sharing it with you. Please Share

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8
January

American Cool…and Johnny Depp.

www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhcool.html I met Kim Sajet, Director of the National Portrait Gallery for the Smithsonian, the first month she’d taken office. She was in Los Angeles and I showed her around The Jonathan Club, one of our downtown pieces of history.  I remember talking with her about an idea she was percolating — to have a…

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