LIVE from the Desk of the VP

Happy Friday, friends! Leanne here, filling in for our fearless leader and captain of the Madison+Main ship, Dave Saunders. Bossman is vacationing on a really big ship somewhere between Italy, Spain, and France. Given his undying love of cheeseburgers, I’m hoping he’s at least made peace with wine pairings and pasta. 

As Madison+Main’s Vice President, I do a lot of different things, but I’ve never filled in writing the Weekly Report. After over eight years as a Madison+Mainiac, I’ve read over 428 of these (yes, I did the math), so hopefully I can deliver what your heart is looking for.

If you know me, you know to read this in a cheerful, calm tone, and to assume it hit our proofing team fully formatted, color-coded, and two days early. #TypeA 

When Dave called and asked if I’d fill in, he said, “Just think of something you might like to rant about.” As a well-trained Southerner, I’ll just say, “Bless his heart,” and protect my reputation. Instead of risking it, I asked the team for some rant topics. Here’s what’s on their minds:

• Vagueposting, the “art” of cryptic social media posts that leave everyone wondering what the heck you mean. Is it the new rage baiting?
• Can we please have regular people competing in Olympic events so we can establish a realistic baseline?
• Why do we let a groundhog pretend he’s a meteorologist?
• Why do celebrities have celebrity doppelgängers who look like clone variations, but you never see that in the wild with regular people? (Just Google Jeremy Allen White and Gene Wilder. Or Courteney Cox and Jared Leto. Truly spooky.)
• May is the December of spring. Discuss.
• Hot dogs are, in fact, a sandwich. Not a taco. Any feedback? Email me your thoughts.

So if you’ve ever wondered what kind of thinking fuels bold ideas around here, now you know.

More from your guest host next Friday. In the meantime, onto the real story: what our incredible team was up to this week.