The 2024 Weepies
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for: the 2024 Weepies, our annual celebration of holiday ads that make you cry. The holidays are always a great source of sentimental …
Weird English-language rules you didn’t realize you were already following
I’ve generally made it clear that I’m a big fan of understanding, and then strategically breaking, rules. I’m a fan of rules that make sense and contribute to smooth operational …
The Three Best Football(-Adjacent) Ad Campaigns of All Time
If you missed UGA’s domination (har) of Georgia Tech for the seventh year in a row in the 118th annual Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, you… are like many people, because viewership …
Posts I’m Never Gonna Write
Or, more accurately, they’re posts I’m never going to post. Some of them have already been written and mothballed for various reasons. Some I might write out all the way, …
Twitter, X, and How to Set $5 Billion in Brand Equity On Freaking Fire
I’ve never embraced the “X” branding as a replacement for “Twitter.” Honestly, I’ve never even really gotten into the “X, formerly known as Twitter” rap common to Actual For-Real journalists …
NaNoWriMo’s AI BS
NaNoWriMo has come out with a statement of “If you don’t write the novel yourself, we’re cool with that.” And people have things to say about it. NaNoWriMo — National …
ACTUALLY RELATED TO ADVERTISING: Two Olympic ads are big losers
WE’RE BACK, BABY. I do not know WHAT was going on a couple of weeks ago, but it’s over, or at least over enough to let the grumpy, negative side …
Farewell to our Emeritus Head of Security
On Friday, after a long life and in the arms of his family, Skipdog Teddy Roosevelt Badass Alvis-Gillett entered the halls of Valhalla. Our Little Man and Caperton Gillett Creative’s …
Also Unrelated to Advertising: Positive Olympic Vibes Only
Now, this was originally supposed to be a post dissecting some of the worst ads that came out during the Olympics. And I do still plan to do that next …
Unrelated to Advertising: Rapid-Onset Nostalgia and Sweet Valley High
Late Gen Xers and Xellenials are having a lot to talk about right now, and the rapid-onset nostalgia is strong. Rapid-onset nostalgia (must credit Caperton) is that particular form of …