I’ve long had a love/hate relationship with gratuitous awards ceremonies and the Academy Awards in particular. My thought process went along these lines: Firefighters and police officers put their lives on the line on a daily basis for a pittance of what overpaid celebrities are paid. Teachers give their professional lives to improve the lives [...]
Filed under: Makeup, Manners, Marketing, Ms. Biz Manners | Tagged: Academy Awards, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, oscars, Sandra Bullock, the Dude | 2 Comments »
This morning, inspired by a stack of headshots (that I have to go through to choose a likely candidate for an unlikely job) I did a quick riff on Twitter about some headshot poses that don’t inspire confidence. These were my top four: The *Gun* oh yeah baby, I want to hire you with that [...]
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The long range potential for you to get screwed out of your ideas or semi-private information should make you even more hesitant to post anything sensitive, timely or proprietary on Twitter- unless you’ve already staked a claim to it.
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The past few days have been a smorgasbord of famous people behaving badly. First there was Rep. Joe Wilson interrupting President Obama’s speech on healthcare with a loud cry of “You Lie.” Heckling the president is never an elegant move, though I’m fairly grateful to live in a country where rude behavior isn’t met with [...]
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In NYC, and in many big cities where much business is discussed over lunch, there seems to be the fairly standard expectation that first time plans never take.
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There’s a lot of righteous anger and indignation in that post- and anyone who has ever been unfairly fired from a job by an incompetent boss will likely be cheering. There’s also a point where the tale becomes awkward, uncomfortable and decidedly less coherent as it morphs into more of a vengeful screed.
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Moderation Please
Let’s make this clear for once and for all, moderating is not censorship
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