Thanksgiving and Hanukkah: Giving Thanks For The Fire That Burns In All of Us
I am certainly not even close to catching up to the thousands of bloggers who are talking about this year’s first merging of two iconic American Holiday traditions since the late 1800′s – Thanksgiving...
View ArticleNostalgic America and The South Florida Elderly Consumer
This morning I am heading home from a visit with my parents at the Colony Point retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. It is the second largest (next to Century Village) in the area – located...
View ArticleMillennials in Love: Why They’re Not So Different From Their Parents After All
thenarcissisticanthropologist:So excited to have gotten the call to participate in the dialogue in this article…. Originally posted on Ideas: There’s nothing quite like a new generation setting out to...
View ArticleFrom Meme to Marketing: The Power of Viral Meaning-Creation
This morning whilst enjoying my leftover steak dinner turned steak omelet (waste not want not) I was also going through the Sunday paper coupons (as is a typical suburban Sunday morning activity – so...
View ArticleA “Download” on Post-2000 Tech-Driven Consumer Culture-isms
Last night my wife and I took a chance on a new local restaurant and music venue. It was a slow night and we stayed until they were ready to close up, having conversations with the chef and...
View ArticleExperiencing “Old School”: The Middle-Aged Mosh Pit
So, I was enjoying an extended happy hour at my favorite local pub – out on the patio watching folks walk by, when a punk rock couple – complete with mohawk and combat boots – ambled on by. Here I was...
View ArticleLove, Haters and Hipsters: The Irony of Being A Millennial
I have officially decided that I’ve spent too much time commenting on a recent Facebook thread started in the last day by fellow bloggers Eve Kerrigan, Rachel Gall and Anna Akbari, about a recent...
View ArticleCreating The Culture That Will Change The World
I’ve had a bit of an absence from the blogosphere lately. Not for lack of inspiration and desire to pontificate on the quirks of consumer culture – but because I have been busy trying to figure out...
View ArticleIs Customer Social Responsibility The New “CSR”?
Sometimes work and life go together. For Narcissistic Anthropologists like me, this phenomenon happens more often than not. For the last several months I have been building momentum as a partner at...
View ArticleWhat’s Fueling “The Bern?” The Secret Every Marketer Should Know
Yet another view into the world of a “professional” narcissistic anthropologist at work. Posted this morning on the company site / linkedin. On a side note, I was recently inspired by a new blog i...
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