Category: advertising

Cohen/Cops/Chips: things that begin with C »

As a rule, I don’t post the trivia answers until at least ten people play. At this rate,  you may never know who said, "Get a mammogram, man!"
No Take Backs
Perhaps the process for electing a lieutenant governor is flawed. Maybe the position itself is irrelevant. And I most definitely don’t want Scott Lee Cohen [...]

Because I have some free time »

Take Our Beer, Please

Qik-n-EZ is advertising a special for lovers of imitation, beer-like beverages. Coors Light is selling 18-packs for $10.99 with, get this, a $7 mail-in rebate offer. Not accounting for the devaluation of the dollar in the time it takes for the rebate check to arrive, that comes to $3.99 per 18-pack or [...]

You won’t get this from a domestic beer »

Bloggers are good at venting their frustrations and giving public floggings to those people or entities who we feel have done us wrong. In the spirit of fairness, it’s only right then that we also give air to those who distinguish themselves with acts of nobleness.
You may recall reading a long-winded, heavily emoted and, quite [...]

Team Me »

As some of you know, my wife ran the Chicago Marathon last year. After hearing her tell of what an incredible experience it was and watching her bask, proudly and deservingly, in her accomplishment for weeks thereafter, I decided that I needed some of that.  So I signed on to run the Lincoln Memorial Half [...]

Thursday Beer Ad Blogging »

Those of you who have tuned-in to the NFL playoffs this season may have noticed that the folks at Anheuser-Busch are taking a new approach in promoting their flagship brew.
In the past, Budweiser was content on being known as a “beer,” an everyman libation for people who want to get drunk without being bothered by [...]