Peter Lewis
@plewis.bsky.social
NYC
business writing: thedrawingboard.net
other writing: medium.com/@plewis67
business writing: thedrawingboard.net
other writing: medium.com/@plewis67
I understand why psychographics can be helpful in branding and marketing, but I'm not sure there's any way to explain them on a corporate earnings call without sounding like a babbling idiot
$BBWI
$BBWI
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I understand why psychographics can be helpful in branding and marketing, but I'm not sure there's any way to explain them on a corporate earnings call without sounding like a babbling idiot
$BBWI
$BBWI
“The only emotion people feel nowadays is interest or the lack of it”
from Lancelot (1977), by Walker Percy
from Lancelot (1977), by Walker Percy
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“The only emotion people feel nowadays is interest or the lack of it”
from Lancelot (1977), by Walker Percy
from Lancelot (1977), by Walker Percy
"Hollywood is no longer a place of ermine toilet-seat covers and flagrant sin"
[Lange Lewis, 1945]
[Lange Lewis, 1945]
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"Hollywood is no longer a place of ermine toilet-seat covers and flagrant sin"
[Lange Lewis, 1945]
[Lange Lewis, 1945]
A grim story, but the best alliterative headline that I've seen all year
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A grim story, but the best alliterative headline that I've seen all year
The Red Spectacles (1987)
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Red Spectacles (1987)
Black Rainbow (1989)
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Black Rainbow (1989)
Identikit / The Driver's Seat (1974)
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Identikit / The Driver's Seat (1974)
Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)
October 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)
Apps are getting so shameless with tying other features to notification settings. Next they’ll be threatening to lose a few messages here and there, or send them to other contacts
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Apps are getting so shameless with tying other features to notification settings. Next they’ll be threatening to lose a few messages here and there, or send them to other contacts
At this point every plural ending for "octopus" will look wrong to many readers, and what they do together can no longer be easily reported in English. I guess they knew which country to invade
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
At this point every plural ending for "octopus" will look wrong to many readers, and what they do together can no longer be easily reported in English. I guess they knew which country to invade
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
“Holmes eludes his satirists. He’s already the subject of his creator’s joke.”
[Lloyd Rose]
[Lloyd Rose]
September 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Holmes eludes his satirists. He’s already the subject of his creator’s joke.”
[Lloyd Rose]
[Lloyd Rose]
Fortunately for society, he reforms from a master criminal to a master detective at the end of the first story
August 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fortunately for society, he reforms from a master criminal to a master detective at the end of the first story
There are many strange and forgotten detective characters, but the strangest one might be Cleek — a master of disguise who can imitate anyone just by making faces
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There are many strange and forgotten detective characters, but the strangest one might be Cleek — a master of disguise who can imitate anyone just by making faces
"The ages of the Father and of the Son are past. We have entered the age of the Holy Ghost."
[Muriel Spark]
[Muriel Spark]
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"The ages of the Father and of the Son are past. We have entered the age of the Holy Ghost."
[Muriel Spark]
[Muriel Spark]
"Still, here is the book."
Gladys Mitchell, 1941
Gladys Mitchell, 1941
August 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Still, here is the book."
Gladys Mitchell, 1941
Gladys Mitchell, 1941
