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Kingdom of Failure Gets the Last Word on Cameron Day's New Book
Cameron Day’s second book, Spittin’ Chiclets, is a damn good book. That’s a subjective statement but having read it, at least you can...
Sep 12, 202210 min read


When It Comes to Memories, Worse is Better.
I have a shitty memory. And when I say that I have a shitty memory, I don’t mean that I have trouble remembering things. I mean that I...
Sep 2, 202212 min read


Finding Your Voice
Writers talk a lot about finding their voice. In advertising you don’t really use your voice. Sometimes you use your voice. But in...
Aug 29, 20224 min read


Brian, the GenX CEO. Why Mom and Dad are Passing Us Over.
WE OPEN ON A CONFERENCE ROOM IN A TYPICAL OFFICE BUILDING. THE COMPANY’S SENIOR LEADERSHIP IS FILING INTO THE ROOM TO GO OVER THE...
Aug 22, 202211 min read


What To Do When Nothing Works
There will be times in your life when you feel two feet tall. Surrounded by giants. You’re cornered. You stand with your back to the...
Jul 27, 20225 min read


Kick Out The Jams, Motherf#ckers!
Brothers and sisters, I wanna see a sea of hands out there. Let me see a sea of hands. I want everybody to kick up some noise. I wanna...
Jul 21, 20224 min read


Tommy Can You Hear Me? — I’m worried about Elon.
Believe it or not, until a few weeks ago, I had never sat in a Tesla I see them all the time. Mainly because my kids spot them when we’re...
Jul 11, 20228 min read


Requiem for a Dream—Part 2 "The American One"
We are violence and disco. The violence is all around us. There used to be pockets that were relatively safe. But now they too are filled...
Jul 5, 20228 min read


Dreamweaver Part 1—The Best Of
Though the dawn may be coming soon There still may be some time Fly me away to the bright side of the moon Meet me on the other side Ooh,...
Jul 1, 20228 min read


Baby did a bad, bad thing.
Things change. The earth does indeed revolve around the sun. And every time it does a little something happens to it. Especially in...
Jun 7, 202210 min read


Makin’ It. The Following Message is a Paid Advertisement
I'm as bad as they come Number two to no one I've got looks, I've got brains And I'm breakin' these chains. Make some room now Dig what...
May 31, 202213 min read


The Centipede’s Dilemma
The screen door slams. Mary's dress sways. Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays. A few years ago, I read Bruce...
Apr 14, 20229 min read


The Man Who Sits Alone Typing
I think I once felt happiness. A state of bliss. A candy kiss. But I had missed. It was not this. Not happiness. It was loneliness. I’d...
Apr 1, 20226 min read


Category: Best Advertising Book with Hitler on the Cover
“Four dogs went to the wilderness. Only three came back. Two dogs died from Guinea Worm. The other died from, you. Jack Kerouac.” — ...
Mar 21, 202211 min read


Being a creative turns you into a shitty person.
It’s quite possible that one of the emerging stylistic traits in my writing is a fondness for the usage of a bold headline with an...
Feb 28, 20225 min read


The Richest Man I Know
I’ll remember the way that you took to the mornin’. For the rest of my life and for the rest of the day. It came up upon me, without any...
Feb 10, 20224 min read


How to keep on livin’ in advertising.
Junior year in college I was living in a house with four other guys off of South Lamar in Austin. It was one of those houses that gets...
Feb 7, 202211 min read


Just Another Day at the Office
Dave: I need everyone just to give me some space. Stacie: Like, you don’t want us in here? Brian: You want us to leave? Dave: It’s an...
Feb 2, 20225 min read


The biggest lies in advertising.
First of all, I’m not talking about ads that lie. Believe it or not, most advertising pretty much tells the truth. It may dress it up a...
Jan 27, 202210 min read


God. The Devil. And Luke Sullivan.
If you believe what you read in the Old Testament– and these days who doesn’t– then you know the story of Moses. To summarize: a burning...
Jan 24, 202213 min read
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