Doug Haslam
Gischeleman: "To Create With the Mind"
March, 2007
Which Comic Book Superhero are You?
This may not be the first time someone has asked this question, but with which comic book superhero do you most identify? I don’t mean what super power would you like to have (or do have), or who is your favorite hero, but what character in comic books have you ever come across and said, [...]
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Passport Pictures, and Knowing Your Audience
My wife had an experience today that reminded me that tailoring your content to your audience is always the best move. As a PR flak, blogger and podcaster, as well as an old-time radio guy, I live the maxim that knowing your audience is #1. She was not amused. You see, she had her passport [...]
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Zipper Comedy: Do Not Manipulate
Do Not Manipulate Originally uploaded by douglashaslam. I am scratching my head as to why this “Do Not Manipulate” tag is sewn into the fly of this pair of pants. Is this a message? For abstinence? Anti- “self-manipulation?” Do I need to buy five more pants to make a complete sentence, like the old Burma [...]
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Radio Days, Part 1
I used to work in public radio, and lately have been thinking about some of the things that happened while I was there. The stories are gradually coming back into mind: the opera singer who had a new dirty joke every night, the guy who mooned the Car Talk guys while they were on the [...]
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Star Wars, Nothin’ But Star Wars…
A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about how Harry Potter books got kids into reading. True enough, but for my 9 year old son it is Nothin’ But Star Wars, and the dozens of novels it has spawned, from Boba Fett’s adventures to the “Last of the Jedi” tales and everything [...]
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