Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter

Most of you are probably unaware of the brouhaha this week in blogville (since you have - like - lives.) Some PR feller has started a blog, with a “PR slut” persona, that upset a lot of people, particularly women. I came belatedly to the fray since I was busy with client work this week, with limited time for blogger navel gazing.

Suffice to say, it’s a great example of how not to blog. I checked it out, was appalled and insulted. Then, after a couple of seconds of reading, I got - well - bored. Clearly a guy going for shock value and at my advanced age, I’m pretty much shock-proof.

Of course, the blog got a lot of attention, which was, of course, the point. But, is it really necessary to be insulting and - in this case- “in-sluting?” (Yes, I made up the word.)

Oh, and the poor guy can’t spell either. He sent me an email telling me I was a “looser.” Well, I used to be more limber, dunno know about looser.

If you just can’t resist, you can check it out at strumpette (Type it into Google, I don’t want to link to it.)

Shel summed it up, “Reading Strumpette is kinda like slowing down to look at a ghastly car wreck.”

There are so many great blogs out there - it’s a shame this kind of thing gets around. Too bad we’ve got that pesky thing called “freedom of speech” here in the U.S. There should be a law!