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	Phil's Blogservations Monday, March 27, 2006 Posted by philgomes 2:31 PM "You'se A Ho... HO! You'se A Ho... HO! I Say Dat You'se A Ho..." "You'se A Ho... HO! You'se A Ho... HO! I Say Dat You'se A Ho..." Great... 'Effing great... I give talks and lectures every so often. I used to have a pretty regular gig at SFSU. One of the things that would break my heart was when it was clear that a student's only idea of PR was that Kim Cattrall's character in Sex And The City. Indeed, though not in huge numbers, far too many students looked at PR as "party-planning" rather than a real communications discipline. Though it can't compete with Hollywood, my thought that the PR blogosphere would help turn that corner. I mean, there they are, for any student or professional who wishes to read... hundreds of online journals from folks who live and breathe this stuff every day. The knowledge I glean from this community (for free) is worth several times what a PRSA membership was. But, then, over the weekend, we backslid. I bring you, Strumpette. According to her own self-description: Bottom line professionally speaking, I am 5’ 4” tall, athletic, Pantene shoulder-length black hair, perfect perky boobs. I present well and am most accomodating. I’ve slept with clients. I sleep with my boss. I am the consummate PR strumpette. When I was 7 my mother told me I'd "never get anywhere with that mouth." I've apparently dedicated my life in proving her wrong. "Professionally speaking?" What profession, may I ask? The oldest one, perhaps? It was only a matter of time... Now the "cleavage-for-coverage" crowd as a voice in the blogosphere... "Amanda Chapel" is clearly a pseudonym. As Kami Huyse points out, for example, there aren't any news releases out there with Ms. Chapel as a contact. Over at Andrea Weckerle's blog, Robert Ricci says that "A Man, Duh" Chapel could be, well, a man. Hell... "Amanda Chapel" could even be a group of men. I mean, the name itself is an anagram for "Alan, Chad, Pa, Me." Worth following, in a trainwreck, Whitney-Houston-Interviewing-With-Diane-Sawyer kind of way. Technorati Tags: pr, public relations, strumpette, blogs, blogging | HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil's demented imagination. Hell, to be perfectly honest, even Phil disagrees with what he thinks sometimes. This site has virtually no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Clicking on a link doesn't automatically send a 1/2-cent donation to UNICEF. You can't buy, sell, auction, swap, find a date, win friends, influence people, cross the chasm, or decode the human genome using this site. You won't get free email. You won't win a free video game console. This site will not end world hunger, foster peace in the Middle East, help you smell better, teach you how to swing dance, or move the global economy from petroleum to hydrogen fuels. You'll learn a lot about this site's master, though, which amounts to a haphazard collection of strange and useless facts that pretty much won't help you at all.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This is the blog of Phil Gomes, SVP with Edelman Digital and senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research. This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. Phil currently resides in Chicago, IL. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes.com View my page on PROpenMic SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.