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Where the real money from the movie is made.

29 August 2012 Michael Christie Noteworthy

The term Merchandising can be used in many ways. For lowly underpaid low skilled overly sexualized and objectified high-school and[…]

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Whom are we?

28 July 2010 Michael Christie Commentary, Opinion

“Whom are we to judge?” – Unnamed colleague/acquaintance of “The Ruggist”* The answer to that question is just as complicated[…]

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Fenestration. It’s not just a fancy word for windows…

8 March 2010 Michael Christie Commentary

This just in! Okay, technically this is not “just in”, rather it came to me immediately on the heals of[…]

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Samples, samples everywhere.

24 September 2008 Michael Christie Commentary

In 1945 Robert Lewis wrote “My God what have we done?”, in 1981 the Talking Heads released “Once In A[…]

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