What a weird year. Being the mug-is-half-full type, I believe 2021 will (eventually) bring us some semblance of normalcy. As for the past year, I could have devoted every post to the antics from the White House. Exercising restraint that would have made my mom proud, I found plenty of other topics to parachute into. …more
It’s that time of year, prompting me to dust off my favorite birthday card. My granddaughter Addy served as both copywriter and designer of the card. In the spirit of full disclosure, she crafted this card some time ago, and I have posted about it before. Still, if TBS can show “It’s A Wonderful Life” …more
We’re now days away from the U.S. Presidential election. I’m optimistic that that the polls have it right, that the vast majority of voters understand four more years of Trump would be akin to putting the country in a wood chipper. When the 2016 election put Trump in the White House, our folks in Asia …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Senior Account Executive (Europe) How far would you go to see your favorite band live? One really great friend I know got stuck in traffic for an hour and rode (read: borrowed) a bike from Google’s Mountain View campus to Shoreline Amphitheatre, just to take her best friend to see her favorite, …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Senior Account Executive (Europe) Music moves us. It inspires us. It can fill us with joy or bring us to tears. In some instances, it can set us on a path of super fandom from which we never return … One of the following HA Jamz selections did just that. 104. …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Senior Account Executive (Europe) This week’s HA Jamz additions remind me that although things haven’t been “normal” in a while, music can give us a portal to other possibilities. 100. 陳綺貞 (Cheer Chen) – 旅行的意義 (Travel Is Meaningful) 101. Oh Happy Day — Sisters in Gospel 102. …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Senior Account Executive (Europe) Just shy of the big 100, and the playlist is going strong! It continues to be updated daily — it’s hard to imagine life B.H. (Before HAJamz). I’ve come to look forward to getting that little ray of sunshine in my inbox, and I’m sure other Hoffmanites …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Senior Account Executive (Europe) We have some avid music lovers at The Hoffman Agency, and everyone felt pretty strongly about their picks for this week. 90. 誰能明白我 (Who understands me) — George Lam 91. 绿光 (Green Light) — 孙燕姿 (Stefanie Sun) 92. BTS — Dynamite 93. Everybody Wants …more
By Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Account Executive (Europe) It’s the “universal language”— so yes, sometimes music may give us the (false) confidence that we can belt out a tune in an unknown tongue and get it at least almost right. When I was a kid, I was sure that I was being true to the Arabic …more
