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	Phil's Blogservations Thursday, April 27, 2006 Posted by philgomes 6:48 PM Strumpy's Act Is Old(er) Strumpy's Act Is Old(er) As Gregory Kohs pointed out, the flames that burn brightest, burn shortest. In but a few weeks, I predict that the Brian-Connolly-linked sockpuppet known as Strumpette will (to quote Larry) have bruises from all of the ten-foot-poles touching her. I was inspired to write after Strumpette, for some bizarre reason, took a swipe at Shel Holtz -- possibly one of the most likeable people in our business. Shel responded and Strumpette filled the comments area with his/her usual ad hominems and demonstrably ill-informed dreck. (S/he has also demonstrated a newfound affinity for the adjective "inane," as you can also see here and here.) To be honest, if the point of the Strumpette blog was to poke some good-natured fun at the PR blogosphere, I'd probably be a fan. Actually, my girlfriend and I got a pretty big kick out of Strumpette's characterization of me as "a geek who had a website early on and decided to change the content a lot." Good one. Nope... The Strumpette blog is nothing of the sort. It's a mean-spirited site based on an unsustainable premise, thought by a number of folks to be written by a clearly bitter man. I mean, seriously... This is getting ridiculous. Once s/he started running out of new/big targets, Strumpy decided to go after students! STUDENTS! Now, if Strumpette follows his/her modus operandi, this here post will result in an anti-Phil hit piece. Look at the behavior... No sooner had Jeremy Pepper outed Strumpy's puppetmaster and described his IM conversations with Tom Biro, a piece excoriating the both of them went up. Shel got two dings in before Strumpy decided to take aim at him. You'd think Strumpy would change his/her pattern a bit so as not to be so predictable. I don't care. My Give-A-Damn-A-Nometer is way below zero. Thing is, Strumpette can't seem to decide whether it's a character blog or something that people ought to take seriously. S/he dons either hat when it suits him/her. So, yeah... I predict that Strumpy's fan base will probably disintegrate into the half-dozen men who still punch their munchkins in front of his/her homepage, thinking that the woman in the stock photo is someone they'll actually run into at the BlogOn Conference or whatever. Whatever tops your tacos, guys... Technorati Tags: pr, public relations, blogging, strumpette | 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.