The Dog Ate My Wallet

The Dog Ate My Wallet

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What Are They Selling?

  Have you seen this Levi’s commercial? I love beat poetry, so I do like just listening to it, but C has actually watched it and came away asking me- What are they trying to sell?   There are some images of people in jeans, but quite a few women in dresses, men in casual suits, etc. The poem makes perfect sense for the brand, but the images aren’t of Levis. How does that make sense?read more…

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Annual Rant: Cars are NOT Gifts

Every year I rant about this. (See the evidence from last year here and here.) And I will probably keep ranting about it. I HATE the car commercials that indicate you should buy a car as a gift. HATE THEM. Now, these commercials are almost always Lexus (this year’s biggest offender so far), Acura, Mercedes commercials- you know, luxury cars, though last year there was the Buick commercial. But still, even if you’re “rich” why doesread more…