and so it is...back from California with a bit of a bump...everyone seems so sad?
The papers are so filled with how we are about be hit with a cataclysmic economic downturn not seen since mickey mouse was donning his sailor's hat in steamboat Willie...and to top that, the weather has been tremendously British...
...I was cheered to see that The Sunday Times was this morning helpfully providing me a list of people who benefit from a recession listing cinemas, cosmetic producers and the arts as sectors of growth during tough times - Even Benny, Bjorn, Anni and Aggi are cashing in with economic downturns signalling boom times for Abba apparently!
well here's a couple more things that made me smile while writing this post on a bleary eyed Sunday Morning...
Firstly a journalist has finally discovered that PR isn't all champagne and parties and that we actually have to put up with a bit of journalist self importance from time to time - high five to Sally Whittle for her honest account of her experiences of a brief stint in PR -
I agree with my boss Drew Benvie that knowing who is on the other side of the phone always helps but a little understanding of each others faults added with a little professionalism on both sides never hurts...think it was all summed up best by Becky McMichael's law which I saw her post on twitter earlier this week, "For every flack that is stupid there is a hack that is late"
and if that sentiment of common humanity isn't enough...well looks like the lovely British weather is going to treat us this weekend....
and if that's not enough to cheer you all then sod you all....mind you at least you don't complain as much about petrol prices as much as the Californians did....
The papers are so filled with how we are about be hit with a cataclysmic economic downturn not seen since mickey mouse was donning his sailor's hat in steamboat Willie...and to top that, the weather has been tremendously British...
...I was cheered to see that The Sunday Times was this morning helpfully providing me a list of people who benefit from a recession listing cinemas, cosmetic producers and the arts as sectors of growth during tough times - Even Benny, Bjorn, Anni and Aggi are cashing in with economic downturns signalling boom times for Abba apparently!
well here's a couple more things that made me smile while writing this post on a bleary eyed Sunday Morning...
Firstly a journalist has finally discovered that PR isn't all champagne and parties and that we actually have to put up with a bit of journalist self importance from time to time - high five to Sally Whittle for her honest account of her experiences of a brief stint in PR -
I agree with my boss Drew Benvie that knowing who is on the other side of the phone always helps but a little understanding of each others faults added with a little professionalism on both sides never hurts...think it was all summed up best by Becky McMichael's law which I saw her post on twitter earlier this week, "For every flack that is stupid there is a hack that is late"
and if that sentiment of common humanity isn't enough...well looks like the lovely British weather is going to treat us this weekend....
and if that's not enough to cheer you all then sod you all....mind you at least you don't complain as much about petrol prices as much as the Californians did....
