Sticky Sweet Nectar of the Midwest Gods

Sticky Sweet Nectar of the Midwest Gods

So my wife and I celebrated our five-year anniversary last night just as you might expect – by watching TV through half-closed eyes minutes after putting the twins down for the evening. Having burned through all of our DVR’ed shows, we were forced to watch...
Sticky Sweet Nectar of the Midwest Gods

A Moment of Silence for “The Voice”

Don LaFontaine, the man perhaps best known for “in a world” movie trailers, and arguably the most successful voice-over artist of all time, passed away yesterday afternoon (Monday, September 1, 2008) from complications from lung disease. He was 68. I wish...
Sticky Sweet Nectar of the Midwest Gods

Proud to Contribute. Maybe.

A couple of weeks ago I helped out a client with a rather substantial pitch. For reasons I won’t go into here, coming up with a suitable tagline was both more important than usual and also more difficult. So while my partner and I toiled away on overall...
Sticky Sweet Nectar of the Midwest Gods

Hair is Fine

Steffan Postaer, currently Chairman and Chief Creative Officer at Euro RSCG Chicago (and the guy of whom you were jealous when you saw those Altoids ads back in the day), has written a new book entitled “The Happy Soul Industry.” The book is, in...