Fellow marketers are flooding the internet and airwaves with COVID-19 inspired messages for clients and companies. How many DON'T include the words "challenging times"? Even in a global pandemic - perhaps especially so - creativity is all. I'll be quiet now.

Today, I'm doing all three.

For a frustrating 7 minutes, try asking Alexa to play Handel. It's taken us a while, but we've finally arrived at an understanding. #WaterMusic4theWin

Pentagon formally releases 3 Navy videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena" cbsn.ws/2KFa3bC

As I finally read the comments to this video I took that went viral and had more than 2M views, I need to clarify what I saw on the ground that day. I posted this video on May 31 to show how quick things can escalate during an emotional protest where cops show up in riot gear.

Sophia Lee 소현 Thanks for posting this...!

11 years of this. Jeepers. #MyTwitterAnniversary

... a system virtually ungoverned by law or policy, resulting in wildly disparate versions of justice from one courtroom to the next. inquirer.com/news/inq/proba…

What have we learned since this was published 8 years ago? bit.ly/2Z791x7 (the dead link in the article is now here: bit.ly/2ZJEcxD)

Dear 2020, This post has been...

...and the one we wear when we don't people to die. psychcentral.com/blog/the-10-ma…

Here's what's happening:

A friend just suggested Samuel L. Jackson to moderate the next debate. Good plan. But I could also see Clint Eastwood or Christopher Walken. Or maybe Bernie Casey from “Revenge of the Nerds.” Pat Morita from “Karate Kid”? Your thoughts?

Over half a century ago today, my uncles made credible threats against Santa Claus. Merry Christmas everyone! bit.ly/3rpjXCn

Separation, job loss, illness, and death have branded 2020. 2021 will begin with no instant relief, but there are reasons to believe in better times ahead. Please remember the unequal hardships of those who are mentally ill. Like my sis, who died 11/30. bit.ly/2WYBtiW

2021 will begin with no instant relief, but there are reasons to believe in better times ahead. Please remember the unequal hardships of those who are mentally ill. Like my sis, who died of COVID Nov 30. bit.ly/2WYBtiW #NotAlone NAMI

A compelling read by Max Hastings. "History now accounts for a smaller share of undergraduate degrees than at any time since 1950.... less than 2% (male) and less than 1% (female), respectively." bloom.bg/3pNwmid

Al Monserrat is itopia’s new Chairman of the Board. I'm proud to have worked for Al, and very happy to have itopia as a client. A great solution for our times. hubs.li/H0HYz500 #virtualworkspaces #googlecloud #cloudautomation

For a brief glimpse of church life deep in the rural South circa 1950, consider reading this blog entry. I've posted an essay written by my late father about his first pastorate in Cloudy, Oklahoma. bit.ly/3zN90ir