{"id":2145,"date":"2007-11-01T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2007-11-01T09:35:12","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T16:35:12","slug":"you-maam-are-no-genoa-petrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2145\/you-maam-are-no-genoa-petrol\/","title":{"rendered":"You, ma’am, are no Genoa Petrol!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr Shaw,<\/p>\n

I am writing to inquiry about\u00a0a position as Blogging Assistant. I am a fan of your work on the Bloodhound Blog; your piece on the bananas<\/a> was\u00a0pure genius. I believe I would add value to your blogging enterprise, and it would be an honor to work under your tutelage.<\/p>\n

By way of background, I too used to contribute to the Bloodhound Blog. My tenure was cut short when some “Geno Petro<\/a>” guy showed up. My spell checker says his name is really Genoa Petrol, but I don’t think that’s right. Anway, he knows books, he knows pop culture, and he can certainly turn a phrase. He even uses colons!<\/p>\n

While I have no real writing training (I have admittedly never enjoyed formal instruction in the\u00a0liberal arts beyond the requisite How to Write in Nearly Complete Sentences<\/em> college course where, I am proud to say, I received a passing grade), I did take an English and American\u00a0Literature class in high school. (Yes, my school combined the two; this allowed time in the schedule for Home Economics and\u00a0Making Fire 101.) It was there that\u00a0I was required to suffer through<\/strike>\u00a0read Jane Eyre and the Grapes of Wrath. I finished both, although I found the latter unsettling and eerily biographical. Oh, and the Latin I know comes entirely from the back of a dollar bill.<\/p>\n

So, I am seeking a position with the potential for upward mobility, as I find I have none at my current position. \u00a0I believe that I can turn my “negatives” in to “positives”; unshackled as I am by the encumbrances of any real credentials or talent, I can quickly embrace new approaches.\u00a0Since a truly original idea has never come within two quarks of my brain, I am adaptable. Finally, I have good problem solving skills.<\/p>\n

I do not come to you without references. As a blogger, I have received much praise on my own blog<\/a> which boasts a current readership of three:<\/p>\n

\u201cSince it doesn\u2019t take much to be a Realtor, your pool is full of monkeys.\u201d – – Eric Estrada<\/p>\n

\u201cMost Realtors are lazy and uneducated. They will go away like other brokers Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr Shaw, I am writing to inquiry about\u00a0a position as Blogging Assistant. I am a fan of your work on the Bloodhound Blog; your piece on the bananas was\u00a0pure genius. I believe I would add value to your blogging enterprise, and it would be an honor to work under your tutelage. 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