Farewell to Dave
Yesterday, Caperton Gillett Creative had to say goodbye to our chief morale officer, Dave. Dave, Lord Puppypants von Buttstripe, Brave Dave, was my baby. He was mine from the moment …
Unrelated to Advertising: On humans and dehumanization
This isn’t related to advertising at all — I’m not even going to try to rationalize any kind of connection like I sometimes do. It’s just important. It’s also a …
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 …
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 …
An Ode to the LinkedIn Post
I’ve been, as you might expect, spending a lot of time on LinkedIn since I’ve been job hunting. (Reasonable rates, inquire within.) And I guess I’d noticed the one-sentence paragraph …
The coolest thing to come out of NASA that isn’t actual space travel
is this trailer for NASA’s next space travel. I’d say the crew introduction video for NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon is cooler than it has any right to …
Embracing non-toxic neutrality
This one’s for the people who’ve been called “negative.” It’s for the wearers of Resting Bitch Face. It’s for the ones with a naturally deadpan delivery that sometimes confuses people …
Totally Unrelated to Advertising: Why Michael Caine deserved an Oscar for The Muppet Christmas Carol
I’m sure, if I put enough work into it, I could wank this post around until I had some quasi-valid connection to advertising such that it would suit the theme …
What precisely the hell, Ad Age?
[Content warning here for domestic abuse and sexual violence. And possibly some language of a spicier variety than I tend to use in a work-adjacent blog post.] I wouldn’t have …