Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View From the Phlipside. Given the number of times that I’ve taken an ad campaign to task on... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View From the Phlipside. American TV has a long history of borrowing program ideas from other countries or... Continue Reading →
I've gotten a little behind in chronicling my movie watching so it's time to catch up. I'll keep them short(er) than usual. August Rush - (2007) This is a lightweight little movie about fighting for what you believe. The plot suffers from fairly large holes but the performances almost balance it out. I'll usually watch... Continue Reading →
Patience. Everyone keeps reminding me. Healing, particularly of a serious problem, takes time. Take the time you need to heal, take it easy, don't push too hard, too soon, too fast. Be patient. Yeah, well... Every day is different. One day I feel good, the next day I'm wiped out. Is the overall trend towards... Continue Reading →
I've picked up a new companion on my journey back to health. Fear. Not a debilitating, paralyzing kind of fear. Just a nagging irritant that colors everything I do. The good news on my stroke was that there was no obvious physical frailty that led to it. The bad news in that is that I... Continue Reading →
To be honest I wasn't going to do one on being home. Mostly because being at home is BORING! But it part of the process. Trying to find some kind of normal again. Simply trying to find some kind of comfortable position. Sitting, standing and lying down are all uncomfortable for one reason or another.... Continue Reading →
When they saw the bleed in my brain at Westfield they decided to send me to St. Vincent's in Erie which is the closest stroke center. Normally they would put me on a chopper and life flight me. Because of the tornado watch everything was grounded. So I got my first ever ride in the... Continue Reading →
That's been one of my favorite lines over the last couple years. When things would get a little crazy I'd just put my hand to my forehead and say “So this is what a stroke feels like”. Always gets a laugh. I won't be saying that ever again. On Tuesday October 26 around 5:40 PM... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View From the Phlipside. There’s nothing quite as fascinating as when smart people do stupid things. If you... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View From the Phlipside. Last week saw a great furor break over the National Football League. Since this... Continue Reading →
