I’m a big fan of when people just don’t get things.  I love it when there is a lot of discussion around something and people somehow just go the wrong damn way, for hours, days, whatever.  It just kills me when people take up arms to stop something and when that something changes, they feel [...]

See what I did there?  Instead of it being Reagan telling Mr. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” I did a crazy comedy thing where I made it look like Obama said something similar to the people over at Weatherproof clothing for putting up an ad without asking his permission (link)!  It’s crazy, right?  You [...]

Advertising Age has a write up this morning about a specialized advertising piece that Kraft had in it’s lobby for a bit that was shockingly enough, actually quite funny (link).  Then of course, the world got a hold of it and had to screw it up for the rest of us by bitching about the [...]

When I first started this blog, almost two weeks ago now, I told myself I was going to lay off the local advertisements.  Frankly, it was a little like picking on the slow kid in class.  Sure, he just smiles and takes it, but it’s really too easy a target sometimes. Then again, since I [...]

I got some grief from somebody last week because I complain about crappy advertising being shoved in our faces so much these days.  His point was that, there are many ways to avoid advertising, like the fast forward button on the DVR or using my iPod instead of listing to live radio. Then I said, [...]

I haven’t had a chance to do my thing to an outdoor campaign just yet (don’t worry, it will be along), but luckily enough the folks over at Nerve (link) and Friendly Atheist (link) have dome some of the leg work for me! Turns out, a church in New Zealand thought it would be a [...]