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✨Jane ✨
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Creative, Branding & Strategy ✨Ad Geek & Marketing Nerd ✨Dog mom 🐕 Food fan 🌮 Hodophile ✈️ Gardener 🪴 TV/Movies 🍿 Books 📚 Science & Nature 🔭 Inspiration & more 🙌🏼

Available for hire: Creative Direction, Brand, Creative & Content Strategy, Copywriting
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There’s a layer in most organizations where bold ideas don’t die; they just slowly get safer. I wrote about the “frozen middle,” where fear of being wrong waters down creativity until it becomes beige on taupe.

If you’ve ever watched strong work lose its edge in review, this one’s for you.
The Frozen Middle: Where Bold Ideas Go to Thaw (and Sometimes Die)
There’s a moment in almost every creative review where work doesn’t fail because it’s wrong.
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The coyotes or coywolves are super loud and spicy tonight. Very close, sounded like they were in the street or front yard.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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A married couple was shot in Portland by federal agents. Early reports indicate the agents involved were US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The individuals were taken to the hospital. The reason shots were fired has not been publicly explained. More details to come as information is confirmed.
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This ad might be more true than it intended
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. “ICE acts more like the Gestapo than it does any kind of legitimate law enforcement agency.” [kottke.org]
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish IC
kottke.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Very icy out. Not a fan. Dog doesn’t seem to care.
a person walking down a snowy road with trees in the background and a mailbox
ALT: a person walking down a snowy road with trees in the background and a mailbox
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January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A third book was ready for me but I’m not bananas so I suspended the hold. Two at a time with a deadline is plenty!
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Too many don’t run their marketing but let chaos run their marketing.

But why?

Leaders who are too afraid to make decisions.
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Currently reading:
Katabasis by RF Kuang and A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sanu Mandanna

Hope to get through both before they’re due and before my next book holds come in!
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Thank you for the free 3 day trial of 2026.

I would like to cancel my membership.
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
A quick workout to move the body. For some reason my music mix was a lot of Brittney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Ricky Martin.
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m sorry but WTF. WTF. Sigh.
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Well, I survived my first working Friday of the year!
a dog wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses with the words weekend vibes below
ALT: a dog wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses with the words weekend vibes below
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Back to work today (so weird). Two client calls. Wonder if they’ll show.

Wonder if I will… hahaha.
January 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This recruitment ad is kinda weird as well as all the drool comments underneath it.
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I *need* this for my office. 😍
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This is nice
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
He had to work yesterday so we did a simple pasta dinner. Tonight it’s ribs and oven roasted potatoes. I should do a quick salad or something too.

Sad I have to work tomorrow. Should have taken the day.
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Well, ok.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The curly wurly shrinkflation is sad. But they’re very fresh.

Also got some fruit pastilles in my stocking too!
January 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Wow even Chewy did a year in review…
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Made it to 40 books. Probably a lifetime high.
This is really interesting. I do wonder what the results would look like if time spent reading was the metric, because I don’t consider number of books read the most useful number without some additional context.
Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025
Welcome to YouGov's weekly newsletter The Surveyor, with new polling data, insights, and charts on politics, life, and other topical issues — from our U.S. News team.
yougovamerica.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM