Disjointed Kitsch

Before this goes too far, I should explain the title of this blog. Several weeks ago, while working on a problem at work, I ran across this article in the Sacramento Bee titled: “Let your flamingos go”

You see, I work with news stories day in and day out. I’m the Director of Software Development for NewsBank, inc. We republish news. At any rate, the search terms that retrieved this article from our search engine were “ducks and dogsâ€?. When that article appeared as the number one hit from our search engine, I had to read it. The article’s about lawn ornaments and when enough is enough – as the article says “the line between chic and tacky”.

The best line from the entire article is this:

I think they are all pretty much tacky. Actually, they’re the epitome of tacky, but they do appeal to a certain personality. If you want one, fine, but try to stick with a theme. Buddha and St. Francis just won’t work with a metal dog and a plastic duck.

The part about Buddha, St. Francis, a metal dog, and a plastic duck sent me howling! I dropped it into my email sig almost immediately. Since then I’ve had a lot of fun telling others about it

When I started thinking about putting a title to this blog I wanted one that would reflect that the Blog’s contents would likely be disjointed – a “mish-mash” of topics, info, ideas, etc. My thoughts returned to that article and the disjointed feeling that my favorite line evoked.

So, I decided on “The Disjointed Kitsch” to pay homage to Darcie Nunes of Custom Plantings who has seen way too many disjointed lawns. Hopefully “The Disjointed Kitsch” speaks to that same disjointed nature that causes someone to publicly display a Buddha, St. Francis, a metal dog and a plastic duck all together in one spot and call it “chic”.