AGodthing's Blog

aGodthing, perhaps this isn't an appropriate question--but where does your daughter do PR work? Ignore the question if you like, I'll understand.

I'm a journalism major and would like to dabble in PR. I think it would be a good experience.

As far as the field leveling and giving small businesses publicity ... well, I would say they give it where it is due. How many people would a mom and pop shop affect if it shut its doors for 3 hours to re-train a couple of employees? Maybe a few customers, but that's it.

As you well know from being in the business, the media reports the news--they aren't about giving free publicity or leveling playing fields.

As a funny side-note: A while back, one of the local TV stations did a quick story on a small business that did something unusual. They got the freebie because they had a "green" angle. They operate a used cardboard box store! My wife and I had to mail some big, odd-sized stuff, so we went to the Fort Worth store to check them out. We rushed to get there before they closed, then saw a note on the store. They were closed, because the only employee available was sick! I still appreciated the angle they took advantage of.

Well, I wish the "frog" had to do with TCU, but it doesn't. TCU is way too expensive and hardcore for me. I'll be a Maverick at UTA in the fall.

But I do know that Six Flags snags a lot of their PR people from TCU ...

hmmm, good points to consider. Thanks.

As for the name, here is the history: years ago, when AOL instant messenger was just becoming popular, a buddy of mine told me to sign up for an account. Of course, all the standard names were taken, so for whatever reason he threw down p00frog. It's stuck ever since ... and people love it, so I keep it.