Tweet So far it’s been a lousy summer in Chicago. We essentially had no spring and so far June has been feast or famine; 90 degrees or 60 degress. Nothing in-between. But even I remain hopeful that summer will last longer than one week which is apparently what the folks at Taco Bell are expecting. […]

Tweet Is it really this hard to sell a fucking taco these days? Below is the train wreck that is the commercial for Taco Bell’s new “Cheesy Double Decker Taco,” the latest attack on America’s colons. There are so many things wrong with this add that I feel like I’m going insane. First, why are […]

Tweet Oftentimes within the deep dark bowels of advertising agencies, when new campaigns are being developed, different creative teams will be assigned to different parts of the campaign.  For instance, one team for TV, another for print, another for radio, and then they usually get some kid in the mail room to do the internet […]

Tweet Pardon me while I open up a bit, but there’s a point to it eventually. 2009 was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Right out of the gate, I lost my job and went through a really messy breakup.  Luckily enough, I went back to work after only a couple of months […]