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Scroll cleanse alert! Thank you, BOOST BDM, for the lovely (and appreciated) surprise shout out! PLUS: adventures in AI and flight school … defying gravity?

4 July 2025

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Why, thank you, BOOST BDM! What a lovely (and appreciated) surprise shout out! Particularly enjoy now having this phrase “scroll cleanses” to use when the occasional ill-informed crank gives me a hard time for doing what I do. 🤭

“People to follow … Roy Sexton – CMO at Vedder Price. He’s always posting and reposting gems on marketing in law firms, all about the latest events in our space and the most amazing scroll cleanses (for those not in the know: these are posts that contain wholesome news and often adorable animal pictures to break up your feed).” 💕

Read more here.

P.S. File under: experiments in AI.

First, uncanny valley territory warning.

Second, nobody looks like themselves, even the dogs.

Third, I should only be sharing the images that sort of hit the mark (but the “completist” in me finds the “journey” illuminating).

Fourth, I went down a vacation-fueled ChatGPT rabbit hole (as you’ll see).

Fifth, this experience reminds me of 2009 (way-back machine) when beloved colleague Lisa Peers said “Roy, you’ll dig this Facebook thing” and I said “Oh, not for me!” and promptly I lost an obsessive week (and 16 years) of my life to this Vonnegut-predicted societal fever dream.

Sixth, graphic designer friends, take some comfort that the unwieldy number of “prompts” (standing on my head) that yielded these “results” does not make me feel ready to let the SkyNet ‘bots take over all marketing functions (yet).

Seventh, why does ChatGPT find my visage a blend of Steve Carrell, Robin Williams, Doug Emhoff, Ruth Buzzi, and Mel Brooks in the looks department?! Discuss amongst yourselves. 😅🤭

P.P.S. From motorcycle safety class to flight training.

Either we have become adrenaline junkies or are suffering from a mid-life crisis … or both. Thank you, Captain Jim Kwasek and Chicago Executive Flight School, for the exceptional experience this week as we finally wrapped up John’s birthday celebration (nearly a month later).

Highly recommend – not just for the views but for the grace and joy and patience and detail and FUN Jim brings to the adventure. And somehow he magically produces this epic video mere minutes after landing on the airstrip! Who DOES that?! Jim Kwasek does. That’s who!

Defying Gravity … and good judgment?

Last but not least?

So, yeah, THIS happened at our firm’s summer karaoke social … thanks to my dear colleague Lexie Blaner for capturing this moment in all my brazen campiness. 🤭💥