Chad Brophy

Embellishing since 1982

[Chad Brophy @ChadBrophy]

@rkennedy138 Abandoning LinkedIn for X is a strong power move.

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Somewhere a corporate HR person and a manager are talking about hiring a unicorn.

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@DanRDimicco you were right back when we made these 15 years ago. Should we do more?
https://t.co/ZLQavVT7sP

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@elonmusk Switch to @LiquidDeath 's new soda replacements, Dr Death, Root beer Wrath, and Killer Cola will murder your thirst.

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@DanGoldgeier It's a fine move when needed, but overused. Keep it in the quiver. Use other arrows. The payoff lines that will always stand above the rest, Southwest's "You are now free to move about the country" and Ragus' "A long day of childhood calls for America's favorite pasta sauce.

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@dereklwalker Tagging @BillyGraham for funsies.

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@markpollard It's great for the first 5 months. Went home on time. Got over morning email anxiety within 2 months. Learned tactical marketing. But after 9 months, I wanted back into agency life. Depends on what you want out of your career, but its more efficient to stay and set boundaries.

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@dereklwalker Disagreement creates traction and leads to progress.

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@dereklwalker Understand the process. Get the reps. Work with people that share your passion.

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

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@MarcusSMI So cool

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@drewharkins @JoeBrunoWSOC9 What am I fixing?

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@sprads To survive my kids Cocomelon addiction, I override it with Post Malone on the stereo. I call it CoCo Malone. In my mind, I imagine a large headed face tattooed meolidc cartoon character..... For this mental image... you are welcome.

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@haralabob Sports irony at it's finest

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@dadj3ans Designer pettiness is a whole new spectrum of petty.

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@sprads Also, stop trying to upsell me on premium fan sounds before bed Alexa. I'll take my peasant free sleep sounds. That lass must sleep on silk sheets.

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@ale_chaser We have two that can help. And at least one that will probably criticize your math, and redo it ;)

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@SJosephBurns Happiness

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@SJosephBurns Being a good parent.

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@CLTdevelopment The best tacos in South End:
1: Chipotle
2: Taco Bell
3: No Tacos

.....Big Gap....

4: Superica
5: South Bound
6: Hot Taco