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Branding the Offbeat: A Path for 2016
The beauty of blogging is that once you’ve published your post, you can check your “stats” minutes later and see if anyone is looking. I say “looking” because who knows if anyone reads such things. When I visit other blogs, … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Business Communication, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, bourgeois, branding, Charmin, Charney, ethos, Hansel and Gretel, Kardashian, Macy’s, Maryland, motivational speaking, Mr. Whipple, offbeat, ozonosphere, personal branding
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Charney’s Codification: Prohibitive Perfectionism
This being that most wonderful time of the year, I was at the shopping mall searching for that perfect gift. A few weeks previously, my wife had informed me of her interest in a new leather handbag and gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Business Communication, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged eponymous law, Macy’s, Murphy’s Law, Nordstrom, Parkinson’s Law, Peter Principle, Plato, Victoria’s Secret
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Female Foreign Nationals: A Good Time to Discuss?
I have long been irritated by emails from females from Russia, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe: women offering to travel to meet me and promising matrimony if I turn out to be a nice guy. If they had done their … Continue reading
Posted in Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged California girls, deportation, Donald, Eastern European, foreign national, golddigger, Hispanic, hunky, immigrant, Ivana, Marla Maples, Melania, Mexican, Muslim, normative discontent, Polish nose, Politics, Russian, Slav, Trump, Vladimir Putin
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A Guiding Light for Baltimore
Anyone who has followed the news in Baltimore this year knows that we have been a city in turmoil. After the death of Freddie Gray, allegedly at the hands of several of our city’s police officers, Baltimore experienced terrible riots. … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Politics, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, Battle Monument, Dorothy Hamill, Freddie Gray, fried Oreos, holiday lighting, Maryland National Guard, Michael Phelps, Mount Vernon Place, National Aquarium, National Katyn Monument, riots, Walter's Art Gallery, Washington Monument
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