Jay Douglas

Once Upon a Rhyme - The Out Of My Mind Blog 4
Neil Dickinson, the Limerick Laureate of Facebook (and maybe the real life as well), doesn't believe that limericks should be reserved for bawdy occasions, like when the men folk retire to the sitting room with cigars and brandy to act like locker-room adolescents. If he had his way, he'd put limericks in every greeting card for every occasion.

Once Upon A Rhyme

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Debt We Owe to Wrecking Crew 4
“People tell me they don’t make music like they used to,” said Denny Tedesco, writer and producer of The Wrecking Crew. “I disagree.” I had told him that I found the pop music of the day a travesty in human evolution, despite the blood oath I took at 22 not to turn into my parents. Tedesco was trying to talk me down off the ledge.

Notes From The Past

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Tattoos for Millennials - The Out Of My Mind Blog 2
A leading, expensive, socially-conscious grocery chain, known for its emphasis on health and wellness, is opening a flock of smaller stores to attract millennial shoppers. In addition to stocking millennial favorites, such as non-GMO bottled water, the chain will add “cool street services,” that would give shoppers the opportunity for “a super cool hang."

Sticking It To Millennials

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MTM News Team - The Out Of My Mind Blog 2
Local news is to television stations what banks were to Willie Sutton. A great place to pick up cash. So naturally, sweeps month is the time television stations pull out all the stops to attract viewers. Here in Los Angeles, that means trading in stories about political corruption for ones about married men frequenting gentlemen’s clubs.

Sweeping Coverage

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