First time I met her was a Monday morning, 9 a.m. freshman Intro to Advertising. After an hour of no teacher and 65 students chirping about walking out, Lynette walks in, slams some books on a desk and yells, Hey! Anybody got a cigarette?! It was classic. Kthfrontcovsmall111008 copy 1 We all hit the...

I’m Not a Sexbot. And for that matter, if you think BellaDonna or Amber Rose or some Vivid girl is gonna fulfill your fantasy on the strength of your hilarious tweets or your thousands of follows then I might try to sell you something ‘cuz it sounds like you’ll buy anything. But seriously, Iâ€...

They gave it to an outsider—some Banana Republic-looking marketing geek who happened to be tight with one of the higher higher-ups. He was awful. And though he was their boss, that guy still saw Jay’s crew as “them.� He helped the company milk those boys dry. He had ‘em chasing their tales...

Stoopid People are so stupid that you have to spell it with two O’s because one U just isn’t stupid enough. However, Stoopid People are not ignorant. Ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge—everyone’s ignorant about something; some are ignorant about a lot of something. Stoopid People arenâ€...

Nobody liked Carter. Not women. Not men. Not nuns. Not priests. Nobody. Even if you started out liking him, as I did, eventually he made you want to beat him until all his meals had to be eaten thru a straw. No one liked Carter. Actually, I take that back—there was this one guy “Kurt� who like...

It’s actually not rocket science: you have built-in audience, keep your costs low and deliver a good product and you can have some success. But to be clear: we don’t take our audiences for granted. We don’t just assume that African Americans are going to come out and support; we have to delive...

A few weeks back I promised to never do another interview again. They were time consuming, people kept backing out on me at the last minute, etc. But there’s that old saying: if you ever want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. This brings me to my latest never say never—Mr. Roger Bobb. Now ...

I love my posse and it ain’t no joke! —Disco DaveThe most undervalued and overworked people in business are support staffers: IT workers, secretaries, administrative assistants, executive assistants, receptionists, and mailroomers. In over 12 years, everywhere I went the support staff was the ba...

One day we’re chopping it up over career stuff when he says, “I want Screw You money.� I look confused so he explains. Screw You money is checking your bank statement then telling your clients/bosses, “Screw you, I don’t hafta take this anymore.� Screw You money burns bridges now but bui...

Bad Cop One of the biggest hazards where I’m from is the bad cop. Not crooked cops but bad cops. Lemme just say that cops have the worst job in the country. It’s the only private sector gig I know where getting shot at is part of the deal. It’s an ugly job and thank God somebody’s doing it. ...