{"id":93,"date":"2015-09-08T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T23:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madmother.ca\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:53:43","slug":"words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/index.php\/words\/","title":{"rendered":"words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef14d18cf3e9aaedba88aac538705c0f\" style=\"color:#00000099\">content (that&#8217;s copywriting if you&#8217;re a senior) and other forms of verbal abuse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>a backstory for branding &#8211; Developed while part of a coffeeshop and pet store, the coffee got it&#8217;s name almost right away. To tie it to company philosophy, which supported pet owner education and animal rescue (and serious coffee drinking), we landed on &#8220;The Ballad of Joe the Dog&#8221;. The brand worked with the pet\/coffee shop, but would also become a successful standalone line of coffees.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/JOE3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/JOE3-615x1024.png\" alt=\"Joe the Dog - the backstory\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/JOE3-615x1024.png 615w, https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/JOE3-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/JOE3.png 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MARY-DESPERATE-CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #cc9933;\">Mary Spicer &#8211; Curriculum Vitae<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #cc9933;\">, or&nbsp;<em>My Name is Mary, and I need a Job<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #cc9933;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(contains adult language)&nbsp;<\/em>For the record, this was done out of frustration a few years ago, when got tired of writing ANOTHER cover letter&nbsp; one day&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/For-sale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For Sale: One Uterus&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>Written, once again, while just the tiniest bit frustrated over EVERYTHING. *N.B. The image used is of a plushie I purchased to celebrate a friend&#8217;s hysterectomy; credit given in the document but here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/iheartguts.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopS4nYn2Aqy1fvk9QbImlKAXG1BetedsT4CQfoXGLToUJ5aMLa-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to their website<\/a> where you can check out their awesome stuffed organs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>content (that&#8217;s copywriting if you&#8217;re a senior) and other forms of verbal abuse a backstory for branding &#8211; Developed while part of a coffeeshop and pet store, the coffee got it&#8217;s name almost right away. To tie it to company philosophy, which supported pet owner education and animal rescue (and serious coffee drinking), we landed on &#8220;The Ballad of Joe the Dog&#8221;. The brand worked with the pet\/coffee shop, but would also become a successful standalone line of coffees. Mary Spicer &#8211; Curriculum Vitae, or&nbsp;My Name is Mary, and I need a Job&nbsp;(contains adult language)&nbsp;For the record, this was done out of frustration a few years ago, when got tired of writing ANOTHER cover letter&nbsp; one day&#8230; For Sale: One Uterus&nbsp;&nbsp;Written, once again, while just the tiniest bit frustrated over EVERYTHING. *N.B. The image used is of a plushie I purchased to celebrate a friend&#8217;s hysterectomy; credit given in the document but here&#8217;s the link to their website where you can check out their awesome stuffed organs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>words - mad mother designs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/index.php\/words\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"words - mad mother designs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"content (that&#8217;s copywriting if you&#8217;re a senior) and other forms of verbal abuse a backstory for branding &#8211; Developed while part of a coffeeshop and pet store, the coffee got it&#8217;s name almost right away. 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