Everyone over at Maud Newton and elsewhere is abuzz about Swink magazine, which is neat and new, and will be serving online-only writing in addition to their print journal. They have a contest for fiction and poetry, the due date for which is April 1. The poetry will be judged by Tony Hoagland, who I …
Author Archives: Cynthia Closkey
Nielsen whistling past the graveyard
Jim Meskauskas in MediaPost comments on Nielsen’s plans to report on personal video recorder (PVR) households but not on their viewing of advertisements. As MediaPost reported last Friday in an article by Joe Mandese, agencies are asking that Nielsen provide, along with the aggregated program “viewing” data, minute-by-minute ratings data so that ratings can be …
Hidden assets
Yesterday I wore a skirt I bought from a travel clothing catalog. I have to be very careful when perusing these catalogs, as they induce in me visions of wandering through the streets of Rome or St. Petersburg, wearing comfortable yet stylish shoes and dark, internationally-styled clothing that magically never wrinkles. In these visions I …
Drink of the week: Bourbon Sidecar
Today I found an interesting recipe in the Drink Recipes section of Happy Hours: BOURBON SIDECAR Creator: N/A Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon 1 oz. BOLS Triple Sec Curacao Glassware: Cocktail Glass Directions: Shake with cracked ice and serve in a chilled cocktail glass. I’m always delighted to find new ways of enjoying bourbon, but to …
How to, and why
I’d been thinking of creating a section for Closkey.com about how and why to create a weblog. It turns out that I don’t need to, as the Guardian Online has already written one. Of particular interest are Rebecca Blood’s comment on what blogs are and are not, Neil McIntosh and Jane Perrone’s glossary of blogging …
I’ll drive that tanker
Advertising Age looks at actor/director/marketing-wiz Mel Gibson. To create this boffo box office, superstar director Mel Gibson employed a raft of guerrilla-marketing tactics, appealing to church groups and religious leaders to help him bring out the faithful. He traded heavily on his celebrity status and the controversy that has swirled around the film to generate …
It’s for you
How to make friends by Telephone: Visualize the person you call Speak to the person at the other end of the line — not to the telephone — then you’re more apt to be pleasant and understanding. (Link via The Morning News.)
Drink of the Week
In honor of Girl Scout Cookie week: DIRTY GIRL SCOUT Creator: N/A Ingredients: 1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
Making fiends
So cool: Making Fiends, excellent animations. (Link via The Morning News.)
The iPod Paradox
Izzy Grinspan in The Village Voice reflects on why a device that is most often used solo engenders feelings of community. I’m not ready to go swapping my little green buddy with anyone yet. I haven’t had the chance to use it enough, to fill it with all the right songs, to build a history …