My Brief Brush with Acting and the secret Evils within the Media Industry…

March 06

Lights, Camera….. Throughout this blog, my loathing of the advertising industry and its extended family is no secret, you’ll literally see it scattered across all of my posts. So I don’t need to go into detail why I despise the industry as a whole. However what I want to do today is pinpoint one of […]

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The age old magic of advertising : Winderoe’s ‘Grandpa’s Magic Trick’ ad campaign

April 30

Oh no, not this again Everyone and their chips should know by now that I hate advertisers, mostly because of their lazy stereotyping and their constant need to keep us consuming rather than creating. There is one thing I can’t deny though, the very best of them are perhaps the greatest storytellers of our generation. They […]

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Magic magic magic…

April 26

Abracadabra Magic in its fundamental state is such a beautiful thing. The reason mostly comes down to the fact that human beings are pretty much cause and reaction based creatures. Everything we have built is based on this logic and rational. This is what helped us become rulers of our domains and even put a man on […]

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The greatest piece of advice you should never buy into

January 05

Lick your lips… From the very moment we are born, we are being influenced by our surroundings And from the very first time we suckle down on your momma’s teat for a filling meal, we go from becoming one of nature’s unique beautiful creatures to nothing more than an empty statistic. We are now one of the […]

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The Yin of Greed

January 01

The Yin of Greed There are certain phrases that are used by the general public to describe the dismay of life and things in general. But I quite like this one. Everyone can be bought for a price. A lot of people may argue this but the fact of the matter that the majority of […]

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2012: The year of nothing

January 01

My vision for 2012 I’ve decided to name this year ‘the year of the nothing, inspired by the Chinese and their naming of their years after their traditional animals. For all of you whom are actually interested, this year is year of the Dragon. So now you know… But i will explain why this year […]

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A bad case of the runs…

December 16

Every Journey begins with a single step The other day I happened to be doing my usual youtube searching for stuff and I came across something that had potential to rival my QUOTE OF THE YEAR 2011 (Click here for more). It also inspired me to write this lil piece here so I will combine the […]

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I be(LIE)ve in fairy tale endings…don’t you?

December 12

Here ye, here ye, Mi harties, I do have something instore for you all today…. Feast your eyes on this beautiful prize No, not the magic lamp that will give each user one BONAFIDE wish,  but something far far more valuable and coveted over… Come gather round folks and bear witness to what Walt Disney, […]

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Putting ‘Google’ into Google makes Jesus Cry Chrome tears backwards

September 26

We all know my joint hate/love of adverts but Recently Google Did something pretty good. They did this This advert is quite a beautiful creation showcasing the variety of their companies products via the eyes of a beloved dad and daughter relationship. Now I have a paternal side, especially to younger daughters so this advert […]

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Invisible Power – The beauty in Heinz’s Invisible bottle Campaign

June 18

It’s no doubt in my mind that advertisers are the root to all evil. The snake in the garden of Eden was the world’s first marketing executive and Eve was its very first customer. This notion of snakes tempting women still goes on to this day, but I won’t digress However, as I’ve mentioned before, adverts are indeed a […]

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Reinventing the Wheel x 2 (Yelling at the top of my Lungs)

March 18

In times like these when money is tight and everyone is tightening up their belts, Advertising campaigns decide that instead of spending money in order to get you to stick with their products rather than moving to the cheaper alternative, they do something very clever They use the power of nostalgia and remind you of […]

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Why/How is Andie Mcdowell Still alive???…

March 15

Anyone who knows me will know that I’m tolerant and it takes a while for something to get on my nerves The current issue took like 14 years. Andie mcdowell, she did ONE film, four weddings and the funeral, ONE BLOODY FILM and she ends up with a l’oreal contract. fair enough, it was a […]

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