How can I tell you, that I love you? I love you;

I heartily enjoy anyone who can offer a scathingly hysterical send up of how marketers target women, so Sarah Haskin’s series on Current TV called, appropriately, Target Women was one I immediately took a shine to, and for anyone out there who needs a five minute brain break, I highly reccommend you check them out.  [...]

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Just listen to the music of the traffic of the city, linger on the sidewalk where the neon lights are pretty–how can you lose?

On Wednesday Penny posed a question that made me giggle with glee:  how do you shop? As someone who is in market research and also a self-professed retail nerd, this is a question I can’t help but “ask” (and by ask, I mean pay attention to what others are buying when I’m in a store) [...]

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Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

Acqui Terme, Italy.  October 11, 2008, 2:24 PM.

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PSA! PSA!

Looking for a nifty gifty that gives back?  Buy a vintage Tide tee to benefit Loads Of Hope, which is a Tide-sponsored truck that provides free laundry service to those affected by natural disasters.
In other words, think of the comfort a whiff of freshly laundered sheets and towels can be to a family in need.
If [...]

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We can drive it home on one headlight;

This is a fantastic screed against shitty graphic design. There’s lots of f-bombs being thrown about, but he’s totally correct in doing so.
I’m really going to miss passing 50’s-era motor inn signs in the future, especially if what’s replacing it is this 70’s era crap. Between just driving around with my dad going [...]

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Life is lonely again and only last year everything seemed so sure;

Watching the Mad Men finale, and so many things come to mind:

I am a lady who is a combination of:

Rachel Menken
and

Midge Daniels (on the right)
with a little dash of

Joan Holloway (naturally–I have curves, after all)
and….

Betts Draper.  Always a little bit of Elizabeth Draper.

For further reading/insight into the episode, I urge you to read this.

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Do the chicken dance;

This is easily the most offensive commercial out there right now–at least to anyone who takes a modicum of pride in making healthy, whole meals:

A post on Jezebel poking fun at Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP website–specifically a soy-based meal she touts as being affordable–reminded me of this horrifing spot.  No, silly viewers, [...]

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Canzonetta sull’aria: che soave zeffiretto questa sera spirerà sotto i pini del boschetto;

My daily read Jezebel, per usual, presented a thought-provoking analysis of Queen Latifah’s weight loss on the Jenny Craig program and the messages behind the accompanying advertising that she’s reached a “magic number” that doesn’t denote size (they’ve been pushing “I’m a size fitter!  I’m a size healthier!” lately with all of their spokesladies) but [...]

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When your rooster crows at the break-a dawn, look out you’re window and I’ll be gone;

Given that it’s August, it’s natural for the new fall collections to start trickling out to stores (because everyone I know, especially Michael, LOVES shopping for sweaters when it’s 90-fuck degrees out).  That said, I have gotten a few pieces that I’m completely in love with..which isn’t terribly surprising.  I have a tendency to find [...]

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I ain’t on some “Yo, I’m a celebrity”–I deal with the real, and if it’s artificial, let it be;

Perhaps it’s my cynicism kicking in, but the more I hear about Web 2.0, the more I want to respond “Web 2.0?  More like Web two-point-eh.”
A recent project at work that circled around the topic really got me thinking about this apparent need within Millenials to be seen as influencers or vanguards of some sort–so many of us [...]

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