My brother was always the inspiration behind my writing craft. Even when I was eight years old, he would write his own Choose Your Own Adventure books on the kitchen table. He drew creepy clowns on pieces of notebook paper. All of his stories were written in cursive.

What still strikes me about my brother is that he has a breezy way of telling a story and picking out exact details and writing them on a dime. He works as an advertising executive here in downtown Chi., and while he may not dabble in words the same way I do, he certain still has a sharp eye that I always remembered. He has writers eyes. He knows what makes a story work. I still admire this about him.

I'm going to post a blog for him today, on one of his experiences at work involving his newest client, Motor City Casino. Correspondence below.

Fromm Jimmy:
Funny thing at work today....our agency is shooting a commercial for Motor City Casino. I get a call at work that they need extras. They were shooting at Reserve right down the street since 7AM this morning. Account Director and myself go over and they lead us up stairs. Cameras, crew and lights and the whole sha-bang on the dance floor. There was a 20K a day, rail thin model we hired from LA and girls and guys from some local talent agencies, basically wanna be models. Hot girls and a bunch of idiot guys. There was a Russian model that Cummings would have married. I got thrown in the mix and had to shake my stuff. Funny doing it sober and during the day. I'll make sure you see the video when its cut. It will be airing in the greater Detroit market after the first of the year. By the way, Account Director had to work behind the bar as a barback because he was too short!

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On another note, I am throughly enjoying his latest gift to me, "The Bad Guys Won!" It's a historical account of the seed-bag 86 Mets. The Scum Bunch always sat in the back of plane and threw grapes at people and smoked cigarettes. Doug Sisk was such a dirt bag. I can't wait to give a full review