My Yankees Lost And My Head Is Clogged

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Major League Baseball really needs to get these playoff games started earlier. The games are going well past midnight, and that means I get less than 5 hours of sleep. I actually shut the TV off after the top of the 10th inning when the Yankees failed to score. Better to get sleep and get the score in the morning, especially when I'm feeling so crummy.

I dunno what it is - maybe I'm starting to develop adult-onset allergies or something. The ragweed and mold spore indices out in Wading River are pretty high. Last night, right before the game started, I began to get all congested. I'm still all clogged up and the box of tissues on my desk is being rapidly depleted. Looks like lunch today will include some nice hot soup and a Claritin.

Gig With Underscore

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I'm looking all over the place for a media supervisor to assist us with the deluge of work that's coming in the door at Underscore. I'm looking for someone with the following qualifications:

  • 2-5 years of integrated media planning and buying experience
  • Experience managing one's own clients and managing junior-level planners
  • Working knowledge of leading ad serving systems
  • Solid writing and presentation skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Powerpoint

Salary commensurate with experience, etc... If you refer a candidate that ends up getting hired here, I'll give you a $1,000 check on their 6-month anniversary. Send resumes and cover letters to jobs@underscoremarketing.com and be sure to mention that you're responding to the post on Hespos.com.

Apply now. We know you're sitting at a big agency that's too slow and lethargic to get out of its own way, and we know you're bored out of your skull, waiting for your boss to die or get poached by another agency so you can move up in the world and actually have people listen to your good strategic advice for once. So what are you waiting for? Don't you feel like a chump working for The Man? Send us your resume.

Yes, we're an equal-opportunity employer.

Burst's Jarvis Coffin Has Much The Same Opinion

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Here's a link to a March 30 article by Jarvis Coffin, president and CEO of Burst! Media, that shares my opinion on the whole blind buying thing. It appeared on Media Daily News.

Speaking of Mediapost, here's an article I wrote back in 2Q 2003 on much the same subject.

And this is pretty much my point - the problem has been identified for quite some time now. The fact that it's still a problem indicates that we're deceiving ourselves.