Personal Relations (PR) – Getting it Right, and Getting it Wrong

I’ve always been open and transparent about my dealings with brands here on the blog. You’ll find a pretty frank Disclosure policy over on my About page (if you haven’t seen it already) that outlines certain things – like how I handle third-party sponsored content, for example. I enjoy dealing with PR firms, by and…

Inevitability

In a scene in The Matrix, Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith has Keanu Reeves’ Neo down on the subway tracks; as they’re fighting a train’s approach becomes obvious and Agent Smith says, “That is the sound of inevitability”. Around here, the sound of inevitability is that of a blowing nose and intermittent complaining – mine. I’ve…

The Family Audit

Let’s start with jonquils. I bought them on Saturday, after escaping from the house to do the grocery shopping – a chore I loathe, but hey I got to go alone. Forty-five minutes away from sickness (Adam is crook now), trying to ignore the sore, heavy feeling in my arms, that insatiable hunger that comes…