There’s an old joke that goes like this: “If there’s ever a nuclear bomb that wipes out civilization, only two things would survive – cockroaches and advertising agencies.” As for the bugs, they apparently can… Read More »You Dropped a Bomb on Me
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In 1995, New York magazine declared Martha Stewart the “Definitive American Woman of Our Time.” And, as the saying goes, sort of, behind every Definitive American Woman of Our Time is another Definitive American Woman… Read More »Everyone is a Salesman | Gael Towey
After sitting alone for a long time sipping his first coffee of the day, Rick Griffith emerges from the shadows ready as he’ll ever be to engage anyone in the Matter bookshop who is seeking… Read More »The Daily Heller: The Design Community and the Bookstore
The totality of my possessions reflects the totality of my being. I am what I have. Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre wrote those words in Being and Nothingness in 1949. They are odd words for us to… Read More »My Favorite Things: Reflecting on Loss After the Devastation of Fire