Konyism: The Power and Peril of Pathos
Emotional appeals are the redheaded stepchild of crafting and supporting an argument. Pathos, the black sheep of Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion (which also include ethos and logos, ethical and...
View ArticlePinterest and Internet Trends
If we were to personify the collective Internet, it would be comprised of a toddler’s attention span and a teenager’s keen awareness of revolving trends; essentially a virtual hyperactivity disorder...
View ArticleDon’t Read This While Driving
Carter is on a well-deserved vacation this week, so the blog post is being written by the boss. Bear with me. It’s a working vacation for Carter … not working for PR/PR, but working to help a friend...
View ArticleStratosphere Skydiving and Sponsorships
Publicity stunts come in varying degrees of absurdity. There’s the 72 hour marriage, the classic drunken meltdown, and the awkwardly filmed and leaked ‘home movie.’ Occasionally an individual will take...
View ArticleManti Te’o's Image Calamity
I’m going to get this out of the way right off the bat – yes, I’m stunned; no, I can’t believe it either; and yes, Sunday’s loss is going to sting for a long time. As an Atlanta sports fan you would...
View ArticleViral Makeup: The Anatomy of the Harlem Shake’s Success
If you’re like me, you find yourself getting sucked down the Internet rabbit hole from time to time. Sometimes it’s Wikipedia, where I begin reading about World War II to somehow ending up researching...
View ArticleThe Pyongyang Provocateur: Rodman’s North Korean Visit Arouses Ire
On the list of things that beg for condemnation, referring to brutal, megalomaniacal dictator Kim Jong-un as ‘a great guy’ would appear just behind hating unicorns and ice cream. Last week, notorious...
View ArticlePolice Witherspoon and the Intoxicated Tirade
Reese Witherspoon better consult her legally blonde attorney’s handbook to make sure the ‘do you know who I am’ defense is admissible in court. Witherspoon was still making headlines last week as the...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: A Lesson in Addictive Anguish
[Warning: Spoilers Follow] Well, Mr. Martin, you’ve done it. You’ve effectively given me post-traumatic stress disorder from a television show. You drained all my hope and optimism and left them dying...
View ArticleHoly #Sharknado
If there’s anything more innately terrifying than a massive F-5 tornado careening through a major city like a runaway band-saw, it’s a massive F-5 tornado careening through a major city like a runaway...
View ArticleDownright Wrong
And now for something out of the ‘I can’t believe this is still an issue in 2013’ section of our blog, we’re going to discuss some local absurdity. In what’s been making the national news rounds, a...
View ArticleThe Internet and the Remote Control Renaissance
As the screen smash-cut to black in The Sopranos series finale, the levees that kept television creativity in a state of flux for far too long were finally breached, and a Golden Era of original...
View ArticleOrlando’s New Stadium (And Identity)
Cities rely heavily on their identity and reputations, as their potential revenue streams depend on them. Any negative press directed at an entire location, such as a spot on an annual...
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