Dousing the Flames at Fleishman-HillardPosted by Amanda Chapel
1. A person who constantly starts fights on forums or message boards. Usually with many vulgar statements, and outright lies. "That guy is ALWAYS insulting my posts, no matter what! He's such a freakin' flamer!" 2. An outgoing homosexual, who is very open with his gayity. Extremely flamboyant. Very bright clothing, loud speech, upbeat attitude, often noisy or annoying, intrusive. Very very gay. "That guy is acting out some Broadway musical in the middle of the street... what a flamer." For those who might have missed it, late last week one of the world's leading PR firms released the findings of a survey on gay marketing. It's a total flamer. EXCLUSIVE: Ballmer Said to Want Scoble Killed!Posted by Amanda Chapel
Okay... our excellent inside sources aside, how the hell can we prove it? Well, let me tell ya. But first, by way of background, let me tell you what the flap is all about. Wednesday, Scoble laid an egg, A BIG PHAT ONE! Okay, Okay... for all the Scoble fans out there (and I am one), a little reality: He's not perfect; He's been under a lot of stress lately; And as they say in Boston, "Dukakis happens." Scoble posted an article titled, "Why Wall Street didn't believe Steve Ballmer?" |
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This post needs a little preface. In the interest of clarity, we need first to define "flamer." According to the Urban Dictionary, a "
WHAT A SCOOP! I can't believe it myself. We just learned that apparently, in a closed door meeting yesterday at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, CEO Steve Ballmer contemplated having celebrity blogger, Robert Scoble, killed.
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