DASM: Marriott II
Marriott has not contacted me even though I posted on Twitter and here, but Embassy Suites and Hilton both called this afternoon pursuing the business. Both will have quotes to me shortly.
DASM: Marriott at LA Airport
I've held major events at the LA Airport Marriott over the years. I called today, twice, was automatically placed on hold, and NO ONE answered within 10 minutes. When I called a separate reservations number, the recording says, "We cannot
DASM: Sour Apple
I'm crazy about Apple, but they're starting to make others crazy. When many of us downloaded Maverick, iPhoto no longer worked and demanded an update. Why didn't it update automatically, the customer asks? It's not all that easy to find the update,
DASM: Sirius Needs To Get Serious
On the cars we tend to buy, satellite radio is included. My wife's 2007 has lifetime Sirius as part of the original purchase, for example. I was driving my 2014 yesterday, with Sirius installed and activated by the dealer before
The Breakers Is Broken (Dumb Ass Stupid Management)
The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL is an historic and grand property, first opened by Henry Flagler in 1896. It has huge, European, arching public areas with great detail on the ceilings and impressive furnishings. It is one of the
Maybe It’s All That Oil Money?
As reported in today's New York Times: "I say that inner beauty doesn't exist. That's something that unpretty women invented to justify themselves." --OSMEL SOUSA, the longtime head of the Miss Venezuela pageant on the popularity of plastic surgery in Venezuela. Apparently, education
Untold Wealth Originating in Nigeria
Well, I own't be returning here because I'm obviously coming into a lot of money. This looks official, right? Dr.Benneth Opara Director Foreign Operations, Central Bank Of Nigeria. Abuja-Nigeria. Re: Confirmation Of the Approval On your compensation Payment Of Your Approved Fund of $10.5M USD Million
Dumb Ass Stupid Marketing
No matter what filters or armed guards I use, I get a handful of these emails a week. Does anyone, anywhere, respond to an ungrammatical, unsolicited, mass, junk email and decide to do business with the senders a half world
Here’s Why You’re in the Top 1%
Forget about Mensa, which claims its membership has the top 2% in IQ (I'm a life member and I can assure you that claim is as real as the Loch Ness Monster), you're in the top 1%. Why? Because you're
Verizon March Toward the Horizon: Dumb Ass Stupid Management
Today, my dogs barking like crazy, two young people are banging on my door decked out in Verizon shirts. They tell me they're here to talk about my phone service. They have walked 200 yards on private property, past signs