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Over the last four years I've posted over 1,500 serious and very important things to this blog. I realize that many readers have come to depend on it for regular updates on space advertising, The Wienermobile and every new animal, mineral or vegetable upon which mankind has managed to place a logo or advertisement. Some might even say this blog has transformed the promotional products industry. (No one has, but in theory someone could.)

To anyone who's followed this blog, thanks! And keep following, because it will continue. Perhaps even better than ever. You'll just have to find out.

At least since Warhol, and probably before, there's been a fine line between promotion, advertising and art. At its most creative, advertising occasionally approaches art. More often, it doesn't. In fact, it often borrows from quirky or cool non-commercial sources and sucks the life out of them. Perhaps it has to be that way. If great art were easy, the world would be very different, and more awesome. Assuming that advertising and promotion are still limited by the need to achieve specific commercial goals, and that we'll still be borrowing ideas from non-commercial sources, I think there's still room to promote in ways that are more interesting, more exciting and more beautiful. With that in mind, what can we learn from the total crisis panic button?

This is how you do stationary for your charcuterie:

And, though times are tough, the Obama brand still has some legs. Obama sushi anyone? It goes great with the Nemo maki.