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2(x)ist – H. Best Ltd

American Apparel – American Apparel LLC.

American Idol – FremantleMedia North America, Inc.

Annie – Tribune Media Services, Inc.

Architectural Digest – Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.

Armani – Giorgio Armani S.p.A. società per azioni

AT&T – AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.

Banana Republic – Banana Republic (Apparel) LLC.

Band-Aid – Johnson & Johnson Corp.

Bic – Societe Bic S.A.

Birkenstock – Birkenstock Orthopaedie GmbH & Co.

Bud(weiser) – Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Cheerios/Honey Nut Cheerios – General Mills IP Holdings

Cheetos –Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Chock Full O’Nuts – Saramar, LLC.

Comcast – Comcast Corporation

Con Edison – Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Conde Nast – Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.

Converse – Converse, Inc.

Dallas – Lorimar Productions, Inc.

Downton Abbey – Carnival Film & Television Limited

Drano – Drackett Company

Excel – Microsoft, Inc.

Firebird – General Motors Corp.

Formica – Formica Corp.

Fresca – The Coca Cola Company

Gap – Gap (Apparel) Inc.

GrindR – Nearby Buddy Finder, LLC

Hostess – Interstate Brands, Inc.

Hot Wheels – Mattel, Inc.

Huffy Bicycles – Russell Corporation

Hugo Boss Jeans – Trade Mark Management GmbH & Co. KG GmbH & Co.

iPhone – Apple, Inc.

Jacuzzi– Jacuzzi, Inc.

Jeep – Chrysler Group, LLC.

Jell-O – Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Knight Rider – Universal City Studios, Inc.

Lego – Lego Juris A/S Corp.

MAC Cosmetics – Estee Lauder Brands, Inc.

MacBook – Apple, Inc.

Macbookair – Apple, Inc.

Macy’s – Macy’s Department Stores, Inc.

Manhunt – Online Buddies, Inc.

McDonald’s – McDonald’s Corp.

Nike – Nike, Inc.

Old Spice – Shulton, Inc.

Orangina – Yoo-Hoo of Florida, Inc.

OshKosh – OshKosh B'Gosh, Inc.

Palmolive – Colgate-Palmolive Company

Pottery Barn – International Designers Group, Inc.

Quaker Oats – The Quaker Oats Company

Red Bull – Red Bull GmbH LLC

Ringling Bros. – Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc.

Saran Wrap – Dow Chemical Corp.

Sony – Sony Corporation

Spongebob Squarepants – Viacom International, Inc.

Sprint – Sprint Communications Co.

Starbucks – Starbucks Corp.

Styrofoam – The Dow Chemical Company

Superman – DC Comics

Tarzan – Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

The Dukes of Hazzard – Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

The Little Mermaid – Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Tide – Procter & Gamble, Inc.

Tinkerbell – Disney Enterprises, Inc.

TiVo – TiVo Brands, LLC.

United Airlines – United Air Lines, Inc.

Velcro – Velcro Industries

Verizon – Verizon Trademark Services

Vogue – Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.

Volkswagen – Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

Walt Disney’s Cinderella – Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Disneyland – Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Winchester – Olin Corporation

Windex – S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Ziploc – S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Rafe Haze

A mysterious, erudite force of nature?  God, no!  I was the kid left behind in the classroom as the accelerated students went on the school field trips to awesome places around San Francisco.  I was the galumph who could never complete an essay by the time an exam ended at UC Berkeley.  I had my first man on man kiss with Mark in the music practice rooms under Morrison Hall as much because of my fascination for the foreignness of his intellectual aptitude as his - ahem - other aptitudes.  But, standing south of the elites, writing helped me find freedom and organic truth.  No ivy walls to imprison the creative playground; no pressure to impress those I’ve no possibility of impressing; no shifted verisimilitude of true north.  Just fluttering, invaluable moments of pain, joy, love, anger, confusion, and intuition.  As my twin brother said to me:  “When you write you’re still that boy I found alone under that pine tree in the Sierra Mountains, escaped from Boy Scout Camp, lassoing the sky.”

I’ve found New York City to be an apple best consumed when juiced for its sweetness rather than bitten for its bulk; thus I am continually grateful for all the small bits and squeezes of creative support and adversary I’ve received here that make me a braver and freer writer, composer, listener, learner, watcher, doer, loser, and winner.

I love, love, love dialogue, pro and con:
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