Princess Melita Bonaparte Volunteers to Take CEO Position @ ORACLE

I HAVE NO QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS JOB, OTHER THAN MY UNPARALELLED BEAUTY & TRANQUILITY OF SPIRIT. I WOULD SAVE THE SERBIAN PEOPLE MONEY, AS THEY WOULD NEED TO CHOSE ANOTHER QUEEN REGNANT, BUT THE MONEY I EARN AS CEO OF ORACLE WOULD GO TOWARDS THE RESTORATION OF THE GREEK, PORTUGUESE, AND ROUMANIAN MONARCHY.

IF THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND WANT INDEPENDENCE IT MUST BE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION: I, HER IMPERIAL & APOSTOLIC HIGHNESS, PRINCESS MELITA BONAPARTE, WILL BECOME THEIR MOST CATHOLIC MAJESTY & WITH THAT SECURELY IN PLACE, EDINBURGH WILL BECOME THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD. THE COMBINATION WILL BE UNMATCHED IN THE HISTORY OF MONARCHY, BUSINESS, POLITICS AND BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY
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“WE CAN EXPORT THE POLITICS, BUT MY BASIC PLAN IS TO KEEP ALL OF THE MONEY & WEAR THE CROWN JEWELS TO BREAKFAST.”–Princess Melita Bonaparte

Her Imperial & Apostolic Highness, The Princess Melita Bonaparte, posed before the post mortem (some question good taste & authenticity, but the Princess claims this is a True Fact & cannot be denied or questioned) head of her beloved ancestor, Mary Queen of Scots. “I cannot just sit by & watch my beloved Scotland lose her national identity & turn into a another frozen-yogurt, banana republic, without at least trying to show them a a better way of life, and teach them customer service skills,” pleaded the Princess.

Princess Melita Bonaparte Lap Dances Way To Infamy

Her Imperial Highness, not at all to our surprise, has sunk to a new low. She now adds #LAPDANCING to her resume, and is not in the least ashamed of it.

What good is Royalty anyway, if they, at the very least, can’t act “Royal?” The Bonaparte Princess of the Imperial line has the audacity to be ‘in negotiations’ with the government of Serbia, in an effort to ‘offer her services’ as their first #QueenRegnant.

In her spare time, she lap dances, shamelessly, upsetting the social order. The most recent Lap Dance caper was pulled just last night @ Fork Cafe, 469 Castro Street. She was supposed to be there to honour Julie Newmar, not to promote her own laughable & pathetic career. Here we have proof that she knocked food from the Laps of Patrons & gave them her unasked-for version of a Lap Dance. Now, we understand why Peaches Christ has refused to consider her for SHOWGIRLS. The resulting photograph shows how low a person can go when entering the VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. The poor guests who had expected to be there to meet & greet the stars of SIXTEEN CANDLES & JULIE NEWMAR, were subjected to filth from Princess Melita Bonaparte. Today, she is expected to reprise her silly role as “THE HOT COP OF THE CASTRO”–it’s always at the expense of someone else, she pulls her capers.

Unroyally employed as a NON-UNION #LAPDANCER, Princess Melita Bonaparte not only brings disgrace to the House of Bonaparte & all other Royal Families, but takes away job opportunities from those who have trained diligently with such renowned institutions such as the San Francisco Ballet for the few #Lapdance jobs that are left. “I don’t care, I deserve to have fun,” was all the Princess would say when asked by reporting staff to justify her undignified behaviour.

INSTAGRAM FAILS TO DELIVER & SO DOES CHRONICLE!

Instead of a newspaper vending machine, we have a casino & the house always wins. INSTAGRAM seems to take exception to public service announcements. So, here is yet another attempt to warn people not to lose their money with a rigged machine.

YESTERDAY, I TRIED TO USE THIS ‘VENDING’ MACHINE TO BUY AN EXTRA COPY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. MY INTENTION WAS TO OBTAIN AN EXTRA COPY TO SEND TO MY BROTHER & HIS WIFE IN PHOENIX. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS. THE MACHINE ATE FOUR QUARTERS, BUT THE DOOR TO IT WOULD NOT OPEN, IT YIELDED NAUGHT.

I CALLED THE MAIN SWITCHBOARD NUMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND LEFT A MESSAGE. THE NUMBER THAT I CALLED, 415-777-1111.

I TRIED TO POST A COPY OF THIS MACHINE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED ON INSTAGRAM, AFTER GIVING THE NEWSPAPER A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TO RESPOND. IT SEEMS THAT INSTAGRAM CENSORED MY PHOTOGRAPH & COMMENTS. THE COMMENTS WERE FACTUAL, NOT A WORD OF IMPROPER OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. IT SEEMS THAT IT’S TOO WEIRD OF AN EVENT TO BE MERE CHANCE, BUT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

THE MACHINE TO AVOID IS LOCATED NEAR THE CORNER OF HOWARD & 9th STREETS. THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO FREQUENT THAT AREA IS TO BUY THEIR COPY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE IN A CONVENIENCE STORE. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE MACHINES ARE NOT HONESTLY OPERATED.

I DO REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO SEEING SOMEONE TAKE A SMALL METAL OBJECT & EMPTY THE MACHINE THAT WAS IN THAT SAME LOCATION OF IT’S MONEY. ‘TIS A SHAME, BUT THEY DON’T RETURN CALLS, SO CUSTOMER SERVICE IS CLEARLY NOT A VALUE.

AND THE FAILURE OF INSTAGRAM IS JUST PLAIN BEWILDERING. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR INSTANT SHARING OF IDEAS, NEWS, ETC.

HOW DO YOU SPELL S-T-U-P-I-D???

Today, rumour has it, more than 300 MUNI Drivers called in sick. Is SEIU part of the spelling bee?

This was a total calamity, a particularly nasty act–just the kind of thing inept middle managers do to get even with people they don’t like. Doing harm, and this was harm, does no one any good. All it did was make people very angry & even more frustrated with MUNI than ever before.

In a moribund system like this, all that’s missing is the embalming fluid.

Here is an idea I got from the Internet that might help MUNI out, but we would need at least one person willing to drive!

Come to think of it, this was a huge public relations miss for all those white, sleek, techie buses that have multiplied like gerbils during the last couple of years. Had they been more Pubic Relations savvy, their managers would have jumped up, called in all their drivers, and given the transit-abandoned people a gratis lift. It would have made good business sense.

This whole MUNI thing got me into a foul mood. I felt sort of underrated & overlooked by a nasty transportation system.

DO YOU LIKE HORROR STORIES?

This is supposed to be a MUNI bus stop, located @ Laguna Honda. In reality, it’s a fetid toilet. No ‘Saniflush’ going on here!

I think we get the message loud & clear, passengers don’t count for a damned thing, not at all! Shame on MUNI & SEIU!!!

WHEN YOU SEE THIS SIGN, BELIEVE IT!

Now you know, without doubt, per MUNI–Sick Days Are A RIGHT!

TWITTER LAYS A HARD BOILED EGG!

Mayor Ed Lee promised publicly that he would not seek an elected term for Mayor of San Francisco when he ‘inherited’ the job from Gavin Newsom. Since then, he broke that promise, and now seems to be intent on breaking the laws of common sense & decency when it comes to using his influence to see to it that City Employees are paid a decent & living wage with benefits.

S.E.I.U (Service Employees International Union) representatives put together a rally to bring awareness to the public of how corporations such as Twitter are laying eggs all over, without having to pay appropriate business taxes to support the infrastructure that permits them to nest here.

City Employees under SEIU leadership rallied in front of City Hall, and marched peacefully from there to Twitter’s 1355 Market Street address. The reason for this symbolic march was to illustrate the point that Twitter has been granted enormous tax relief by City Government, under the leadership of a man who promised not to stand for office. Why make such empty promises? Just because it was several years ago, does not mean that we have forgotten. It was a silly promise to make, clearly one that could not be taken seriously.

At this point, we need credibility & reliable governance. This is especially true concerning the need of keeping City Employees in a City that has turned into the nation’s most expensive place to call home. Symbolically, both the Mayor & one of the companies he keeps, especially TWITTER, missed an opportunity to lay a golden egg of public relations, rather than continue to scramble them.

When SEIU made their rally in front of City Hall, Mayor Lee did not come out to meet us.

The same was true for TWITTER. No one came from the company to greet or acknowledge the peaceful crowd of marchers who were making a constructive & accurate statement about the tax benefits that TWITTER gets at the expense of City Employees, who are not being given special shuttle buses, and have had to deal with lack of appropriate pay increases to offset 5 years of no raises, and furlough days.

TWITTER (and most of the rest of Social Media & technology businesses) tend to be ‘cutting edge’ when it comes to seizing public relations opportunities. Here was one opportunity of dialogue they flat-out missed. We were there, symbolically knocking at their door, but no one answered.
The right person, rising to the occasion, could have served as a liaison, helping to bridge the obvious gap between those who have been given much, and those who are still seeking to regain much of what was lost due to budget & revenue problems going back 10 years ago.

Looking around San Francisco, one can see that construction is at an all time high. Rents are beyond comprehension. There is no more excuse that there is no money to pay City Employees wages that will permit them to live in San Francisco. There is no further credence for City Government to continue to claim budget deficit as a reason to deny City Employees the ability to earn wages that permit us to live here.

The trend now is to allow managers to hire staff who are not benefited. They do not have medical benefits, vacation time, nor holiday pay. This is simply wrong. The managers who have bought into this type of hiring circumvention are corrupt and should be held accountable. The foundation for this sort of hiring desperate people at a less-than-acceptable wage & benefit level is wrong. The foundation is just wrong, and will not serve any of us well in the long-term.

It’s time for TWITTER to appreciate its nest. It’s time for City Government to stop vampire tactics that drain the life blood of those who make the infrastructure work. And it’s time to stop allowing corrupt managers to hire people outside of the Civil Service Structure.

Her Imperial Highness, The Princess Melita Bonaparte, breaks from tradition of Constitutional Monarchy to make a political statement against vampire tactics now being used against the Commonweal. Says the Princess, “Vampires are among my finest subjects. I hate it when City Hall & Twitter give them a bad name.”

Streetlight Records–There’s No Place Like A Store!

Very recently, went ‘online’ to get a DVD of a film that has actress Margaret Avery in a pivotal role. I wanted to get several of them, as she will be here on Saint Valentine’s Day. The film arrived in time, but it was in horrible condition. I would have been mortified to have presented it to her for signature. It looked as if it had been dropped down a sewer & pulled out to dry, then sold as ‘used.’

This store carries a wide variety of recorded entertainment, going beyond records. One of the few remaining ‘brick & mortar’ stores left in this type of business. Located near Castro Street, 2350 Market Street-San Francisco

You won’t have that problem @ Streetlight Records. The variety of items sold goes beyond sound recordings. I am supposing that they retained the name, in part, because of the simplicity of sound & customer familiarity.

They are very good in terms of carrying older DVD copies of films, and it was my luck to find a ‘like new’ version of the film I plan to present to Miss Avery when my turn comes Friday.

This is one of the few places remaining that sells DVDs, VHS, and 33 and one-third rpm recordings.

It’s nice to have a place like this, a place where you can see & touch the merchandise prior to purchase. They also carry new films & compact discs as well as newly released ‘classics.’ In terms of recorded entertainment, there is something for nearly everyone. If they don’t have a particular item in stock, they are good about arranging special orders.

We a lucky to have them in the City.

Streetlight Records, they buy, sell, and trade.

If YOU CAN’T FIND IT–

They are very helpful & customer service is one of their priorities.

DVDs-READY TO TAKE HOME & ENJOY OR WRAP AS A GIFT…

Dreams to be watched, right @ your fingertips.

And if you want to dream alone, without disturbing anyone—

They sell headphones for the loner, or those who like to enjoy late, late viewings, but don’t wish to disturb others.

Snapfish Baits But Don’t Rise To It! COUPON FRAUD!

http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/projectshareewelcome/l=6110444022/p=3643231387820092128/g=9097298022/cobrandOid=1000/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPBKlink/

They Change The Order, Uninstall the code that you originally install, then try to tell you that the code had already been used, and can only be used one time. This is el Toro ca-ca! No one should be allowed to get away with stuff of this nature, it is called bad business! Period! Are you kidding me? This is like a store taking your wallet when handing out a free sample. It is so incredibly short sighted. They train their chat people to disconnect people like me from their useless chat line. They don’t allow you enough time to say much of anything, then cut you off…I gave the last one all the information needed, and she deliberately misspelled my name….calling me Thomas Ourr. That was a clever responsibility avoidance mechanism. Actually, not clever, very stupid and senseless. Why not honour the coupon? That would be too much like right!

This is a total breach of law, ethics, good business practise, and there MUST be laws somehow, somewhere that govern Internet practises. After working for hours & hours & hours to ‘get it right,” positioning the photographs that I wanted, putting in the text that I wished to use, they disconnect the whole thing, trying (1) to sell me a book size larger than the one that I ordered, then (2) to tell me that the code had already been used.

Who used my unique code??? Did Santa Clause take a Float Day and drive down here to use my code? This is a lie, a bare-assed lie, and this company has no business being allowed on the Internet!

Now, they are asking for a 16 digit code and the code issued @ Safeway only has 12 digits! This is illegal!

Redeem a gift certificate
Please enter your 16-digit code exactly as it appears on your gift certificate, then click add to account.

Please enter a valid gift certificate code.

redemption code
cancel add to account
Please enter your 16-digit code exactly as it appears on your gift certificate, then click add to account.
It only has 12 digits! Unreal!

This is a bunch of nonsense–Shame on Haagen-Daz, Safeway, and MOST ESPECIALLY, Snapfish! Shame on you!

In Texas, LONE STAR ATTITUDE Defines Fashion

When tornadoes or ice & snow storms, or missing aircraft wings, engines, pilots, computer power failures, just little things, leave you stranded in the gift shop area of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, you must take on your best bovine appearance, and just cross the line—you have entered, not the Twilight Zone, but the LONE STAR ATTITUDE. You will steer yourself gently into a ranch of fashion, roped in by the glamour, the allure of being truly not just ‘in’ Texas, but ‘of’ Texas! Your vows of poverty can no longer apply, you are now earthbound till the next weather alert! You are in Terminal C–and don’t you forget it!

In Texas, the cost of using human models for fashion statements has been out sourced, or taken to the pasture. The cows have finally horned in & have taken over!

Fashion designers from Texas were in despair in their attempts to find human models who were not morbidly obese, so they switched to cattle. It cost them less, and they did not move on to high paying careers in the film industry.

THE FUTURE OF FASHION IS IN A MILKSHAKE–BE CAREFUL WHEN ORDERING YOUR NEXT CHEESEBURGER!

In Texas, the designers for Texas Attitude have beefed up their couture.

San Franpsycho–A Store For Your Inner Goth Child Vintage Look

San Franpsycho is the store for your unique make-over. It carries many hand designed items that have a twist & an edge that you won’t find in mainline stores–the very name of their business foretells a shopping experience going beyond a ‘one size fits all’ mode of thinking. You can get your skull poster right here.

Here is the address information for this store of unusual & fun merchandise.

Sometimes there is even a delivery truck emblazoned with their distinguished logo & branding parked in front. I don’t see it too frequently, so I am guessing that they keep busy delivering their products with the unique take on the Goth look.

Here are some point & click shots of the delivery truck.

This would be almost as much fun driving around town in as it would be driving a hearse. The design is just plain crazy. How could you not just love this?

They replaced eye candy with skull candy, well, sort of–another detail of the delivery truck.

Just bone up on your parking skills & you could be their delivery person!

They did a fine job in terms of their branding–the logo is simple, yet very identifiable as being ‘in The City.’ They find clever ways of repeating their logo on various products for the young & young at heart.

Well designed & used on many of their products. “If you are going to San Franpsycho, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair…”

Show your inner core, the one we all have to deal with sooner or later.

Hang loose & celebrate your spinal column with some spare ribs.

This skull poster was one of the first things I bought @ San Franpsycho. It was just the perfect thing for Halloween & Dia de los Muertos. As Mae West once provocatively said, “He’ll be back.”

The fellows who worked in this store were quite nice & helpful. Never met a Goth I did not like. Not sure if they use this term for their products, but it seems to fit. They were friendly, let me browse the store without making me feel as if I were an intruder & I found some fun things that fit into my budget. So, if ever you are in a Gothic mode of dress, here is a good place to stimulate your energy & the economy.

Drink in the logo–if you are a vampire, you now have a place for your overflow on a good night.

If inclined, you may co-ordinate your shirts with your drinking glasses or vampire storage. There are always lots of non-conformist possibilities @ San Franpsycho.

For petroleum-free transportation, check out their skateboards–They have retained the logo, but embellished the City with cursive calligraphy, straight from Charlemagne’s Era!

You won’t have to worry about expired transfers when riding one of these beauties.

You can show your brand loyalty from head to toe.

A cap that would tempt Edith Beale in her All American Flag waving choreography!

This is where they do a lot of their shirt artwork, right in the store.

What goes into Goth–the untold story behind the fun & ready-to-wear logo!

His Imperial Highness, Prince Roland Bonaparte II, wearing a creation from San Franpsycho.

Prince Roland Bonaparte II as shown in Dia de los Muertos, 2013-San Franpsycho style. Photograph by Karen Latunski

For more images & information: http://www.sanfranpsycho.com/

Sew Right To Be Here! sfseamstress.com

Just discovered this sewing & design shop last week on a walkabout. It has a warmth & charm that just makes one feel ‘at home.’ The owner was quite receptive about my looking around & using my point & click. Turns out that they do more than just clothing. Their work includes full window treatments, furniture upholstery, and even room dividers for restaurants. Their website offers a more extensive view of their production–
http://www.sfseamstress.com/sew/index.html —
The overall impression is of high quality craftwork & artful design implementation. It’s a very inviting atmosphere.

Simple & to the point, your thread awaits you @ sfseamstress.com

The store window was clever, yet understated. There was just enough for a customer to look at without feeling overwhelmed. Truly, a nice combination of differences that melded well.

sfseamstress, located @ 1421 Fulton Street San Francisco, easily accessible by going North via the Divisadero Bus.

Window design is clever, letting the tools of the trade speak volumes, doing ballet with cloth.

Their windows tell you the story behind cloth, before it becomes a defined item.

Colourful spools of thread in the display window add to the charm & coziness of this lovely shop.

Sweet designs on display, for the child in all of us.

Detail of charming designs for children.

What looks like a cloth jellyfish is named “Billionjelloybloom development pattern & production.” It’s a very SFMOMA kind of thing. It would make a swell addition to my art collection! Love it!

Upholstery swatches displayed in the shop–beautiful & daring!

Sew right in black & white, circles–timeless, yet exciting & vibrant.

You may email them –sew@sfseamstress.com
Or call @ 415-271-0212