It's a Brand or a Schtick, You Know

Tweet

It's what I do here and how I do it that makes me me. It's what makes Porwest a Porwest and not someone else. I have talked about this before. But sometimes I feel the need to repeat it. We all have our thing here that we are known for. For some it's cooking recipes. For others it's health updates. For yet others it's sharing travel news or posting about interesting lottery winners. Everyone has a brand or a schtick—even if for some, theirs is not so obvious. Even our style of writing can be a brand or a schtick of sorts. It's what makes us unique and interesting—or at least recognizable. When you open a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, you know what you are going to get. You know what to expect. My brand or schtick is honest, heart felt opinion delivered with no pulled punches, direct and absolute and without compromise, and sometimes offered harshly in a quite adamant demeanor with no parsed words. That's just me and is not meant to be taken wrongly nor should any of it be taken personally. Some people like my brand, and others prefer a different one. But I won't change my brand or schtick because it works for me, and enough people like it that it is worth continuing to "produce" the same product that works. I am among some famous friends as well in my delivery. Judge Judy will call anyone a moron she feels is not the sharpest tack in the box. Morton Downey, Jr. made a name for himself yelling at his guests and sometimes sitting on them to shut them up. Don Rickles made an entire career out of making fun of people and insulting them. And of course, there are more than a few people in news media circles and writing for newspapers, or doing opinion shows that just lay it all out there, front and center. Hell, Dear Abby was only entertaining because many times she did not side with the person asking the question and was very honest and forthright in sharing her thoughts. Nobody would care or watch or read if these antics were not deployed in their deliveries. It's their brand. It's their schtick. And what I do here is mine. It's all for fun and entertainment. It's to add a little bit of spike to the punch and make it better. And again, it is not personal. From the way I post to the way I comment or respond, it's simply me being me. Being Porwest. Never take it as anything else. Photo from 2018.