Happy Birthday!!

The previous post is quite fitting, considering today is my compadre's birthday. (She brought Homemade Tiramisu and Caramel Puff Corn to celebrate!)

Happy birthday Christine! Hope you have a great day.

Orchid Mist

Pantone, the gods of color in the design world, have a cute collaborative site where you can find your colorstrology. As an Orchid Mist (Pantone 17-3612), I am determined, energetic and fun loving. Not too bad.

Congrats

To one of our most dedicated readers, a well-deserved promotion. Congrats!

Misrepresentative Lipitor Ads Pulled

About a month ago I blogged about Dr. Robert Jarvik's misrepresentation in the Lipitor commercials. Today, I was surprised and happy to read that Pfizer has pulled the spots after a year or so of controversy. Better late than never.

Truth in Advertising #3

Work from Friday does not disappear from your desk. Come Monday, it's still there waiting for you.

The Agency's Best Friends

There are a lot of perks from working at a fun agency, but one of my favorites is our Friday "Dog Day". Every Friday employees can bring their dogs with them to the office where they get spoiled rotten with treats and attention. The dogs love it, the employees love it and it's all around good fun. Take a peek!

New Lexus Ad: Somet ing to Write ome About?

Here's an interesting article from Slate about a new campaign from Lexus. Apparently Lexus has a line of hybrids (who knew?) that they're now trying to reinvent. I hadn't seen this spot. I like it (maybe because I love Wheel of Fortune), but I agree with many of the author's points. I'm interested to see how they'll extend the campaign.

Have a look at the spot yourself:

Lucky Lucky Clover

Because spring can't come soon enough, Christine is attempting to grow some clovers (thanks Target $1 bin)! Wish her luck!

Truth in Advertising #86

There are never enough chairs at a staff meeting.

A(n Unwelcome) Blast from the Past

Remember that commercial for HeadOn, the topical headache product you "apply directly to your forehead"? Of course you do. It was a TV sensation of sorts, an annoying, low budget, inescapable spot interrupting Wheel of Fortune with a penetrating message that created the sort of throbbing pain the product itself was intended to relieve. No wonder we were all running to the store shelves for our own bottle.

Immediately spoof-able, it was only a matter of time before a commercial parody ended up as a paid advertisement on cable TV. Here's the ad I saw last weekend.