Category Archives: advertising

Back To The Future -New Years Predictions For 1975

Past Perfect- New Years Predictions The New Year has always been the traditional time for crystal ball gazing offering tantalizing predictions for our imagined future. For forward-thinking post-war Americans, peering into the future was a favorite pastime. So it is

Back To The Future -New Years Predictions For 1975

Past Perfect- New Years Predictions The New Year has always been the traditional time for crystal ball gazing offering tantalizing predictions for our imagined future. For forward-thinking post-war Americans, peering into the future was a favorite pastime. So it is

No News Good News-Where Have You Gone Walter Cronkite?

Right now no news is good news. I have been microdosing the news recently. The shock and tumult from the disastrous Presidential election was too much. Like having a violent bout of food poisoning, my delicate system can’t digest the

No News Good News-Where Have You Gone Walter Cronkite?

Right now no news is good news. I have been microdosing the news recently. The shock and tumult from the disastrous Presidential election was too much. Like having a violent bout of food poisoning, my delicate system can’t digest the

Picturing our Pets

One look at our social media feeds and you know Americans have a love affair with their pets. We may be living in the golden age of fawning over cats and doggos, out in force constantly capturing every cute pose

Picturing our Pets

One look at our social media feeds and you know Americans have a love affair with their pets. We may be living in the golden age of fawning over cats and doggos, out in force constantly capturing every cute pose

Wake Up and Smell The Coffee Rudy 

Mmmmm, I love the smell of grift in the morning! What red-blooded America wouldn’t want to start their day with a piping hot mug of Rudy Coffee to sip while studying your Trump Bible? Rudy’s new drip coffee has notes

Wake Up and Smell The Coffee Rudy 

Mmmmm, I love the smell of grift in the morning! What red-blooded America wouldn’t want to start their day with a piping hot mug of Rudy Coffee to sip while studying your Trump Bible? Rudy’s new drip coffee has notes

Solar Eclipse Glasses Amaze As Advertised

For a brief time on Monday, masses of Americans were not glued to their iPhones but gazing upward at the sky. Thank you Mother Nature for this this healthy reset in the human experience. To take time out and appreciate

Solar Eclipse Glasses Amaze As Advertised

For a brief time on Monday, masses of Americans were not glued to their iPhones but gazing upward at the sky. Thank you Mother Nature for this this healthy reset in the human experience. To take time out and appreciate

Sno-Cones and Snow-Balls

Snow cones are not just for summer. Watching my dog Moe eagerly nibble the freshly fallen snow, a readily available frozen treat that miraculously turned to water conjured up snowy childhood memories. After the exertion of rolling 3 balls of

Sno-Cones and Snow-Balls

Snow cones are not just for summer. Watching my dog Moe eagerly nibble the freshly fallen snow, a readily available frozen treat that miraculously turned to water conjured up snowy childhood memories. After the exertion of rolling 3 balls of

Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink

All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed

Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink

All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed

The Shame of My Off Brand Barbies

If 2023 was the year of Barbie, inspiring grown women to dust off their old Barbie dolls in a pink wave of nostalgia – it took until now for the phenomenon to finally free me to confess a long-held childhood

The Shame of My Off Brand Barbies

If 2023 was the year of Barbie, inspiring grown women to dust off their old Barbie dolls in a pink wave of nostalgia – it took until now for the phenomenon to finally free me to confess a long-held childhood

vintage illustration Pilgrom and Indian

Pilgrims Progress

  Racial stereotypes and historical inaccuracies have been as traditional a Thanksgiving fixture as melt-in-your-mouth. candied yams and marshmallows, though nowadays not quite as easy to swallow. American mythology about that first Thanksgiving would have us believe that once that

vintage illustration Pilgrom and Indian

Pilgrims Progress

  Racial stereotypes and historical inaccuracies have been as traditional a Thanksgiving fixture as melt-in-your-mouth. candied yams and marshmallows, though nowadays not quite as easy to swallow. American mythology about that first Thanksgiving would have us believe that once that

Classic Clippings From The Vault

All publicity is good publicity. Okay, it’s not Cindy Adams, but how great that my first print write-up was in “Roz’s Ramblings” the kitschy column of my mother’s 1971 Sisterhood bulletin from our Nassau Community Temple. Only on Long Island

Classic Clippings From The Vault

All publicity is good publicity. Okay, it’s not Cindy Adams, but how great that my first print write-up was in “Roz’s Ramblings” the kitschy column of my mother’s 1971 Sisterhood bulletin from our Nassau Community Temple. Only on Long Island