It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who’ll put there hands up to an opportunity, and then flake out under any kind of pressure – “oh work you say, hmmm, no that’s not for me”. Success involves … Continue reading Intern Selection Process – WE HAVE A WINNER!
Always I love your writing Belinda, you are a true master wordsmith 🙂 Glad you enjoyed my prompt – https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/28/heart-don-charisma-s-prompt Cheers Don Comments and likes disabled Continue reading Rhythm Of The Rain
Love your watercolour Jenny – glad you enjoyed the heart prompt 🙂 https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/28/heart-don-charisma-s-prompt/ Cheers Don Comments and likes disabled Continue reading “Love One Another With Burning Hearts” (watercolor sketch)
I hate these pesky little critters. They just can’t help themselves in getting their blood meal. I could almost put up with them taking my blood, that’s not really the issue, it’s the carnage they leave behind. Itchy annoying sores, … Continue reading “Mosquito Ninja” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
This one’s eighteen landscape shots glued together in MS ICE … Today’s celeb name is “Sylvester Stallone-Orama”, because he’s Rocky ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Subtle Rocky Ocean Sunset Panorama – “Sylvester Stallone-Orama”
This is a field of flowers at the Silverlake vineyard … I like to take a closeup of the flower beds stretching out into the distance … Continue reading Field Of Flowers – Silverlake Vineyard
I know the “S” word “slut” is quite an emotive word, and I’m not wishing to offend anyone. This post is purely an exploration of my opinion of the facts because I feel it may help people and also a chance to … Continue reading “The Slut Paradox” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
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I seriously cannot believe the level of morons that I have to deal with … I’ve been processing up to 500 comments a day, I’m running a backlog now of around 60-70 … I’m replying to comments on the little … Continue reading You Took Too Long To Reply To My Comment, I’m Unfollowing You
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Don Charisma kindly agreed to an interview with me with regards to my research on blogging and its effect on writers. Don is an avid blogger[1] who is clearly eager to promote himself… Continue reading An Interview with Don Charisma
Originally posted on Charlie Ann Alford:
Day Twenty Two’s prompt has been inspired by Don Charisma’s Art prompt: Paint; that spanned over two days. Day One https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/19/art-don-charisma-s-prompt/ was to draw a squiggle using paint program and Day Two was to colour/edit https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/20/paint-don-charismas-prompt/ so… Continue reading #NaPoWriMo Day TwentyTwo – “Church Windows”
Today’s prompt – “Heart” HEART Heart is the centre of emotional intelligence – the control centre. The heart doesn’t need you to do anything, so just let your heart do the work, all you have to do is be aware and keep … Continue reading Heart – Don Charisma’s Prompt
Thanks Jenny, you’ve very much embraced what I was getting at in my prompt, love the use of your words and images to express what you wanted to say 🙂 ( Jenny’s response to my Fear prompt – https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/24/fear-don-charisma-s-prompt/ ) Continue reading Hell On An Alternate String
Originally posted on Random things from G:
Seems like a pretty straight forward response to the prompt. Guys, you really want to get into these prompts. 1. Don Charisma – “Criticism is the breakfast of champions”. The original quote should read… Continue reading Insult – Don Charisma’s Prompt
Short answer – No, you can’t. Why ? I am responsible for the content on my blog, legally responsible as well as ethically and morally responsible. I only publish content AND COMMENTS that I am congruent with. So I won’t … Continue reading “Can I Say Whatever I Want On Your Blog ?” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
This one’s five portrait shots seem welded by my expert friend PTGui Pro. Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Huge Sky Sunset Panorama – “Kelly LeBrock-Orama”
It’s a rather lazy opinion post today, I’m pretty tired to be honest it’s been a long week, and really need to get an early night and a good rest. In the UK the default religion is Church of England. … Continue reading “Sunday Rest Day” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Here’s the Khao Chee Jan Big Buddha this time a cropped version. It’s been stitched with Photoshop – 6 landscape photos … The lighting conditions were “interesting” … Continue reading Big Buddha II Pano – Khao Chee Jan
Twelve portrait shots bonded together by a special fusion process so secret even the CIA and MI5 haven’t yet realised that they want it … Don Charisma TM … Continue reading Huge Sky Sunset Panorama – “Daniel Craig-Orama”
It only came to my attention after the fact that feminists have been posting themselves in bras etc on their social media pages. I should get out more, really. I was exploring my Google+ and came across one such lady, … Continue reading “Feminists Carry On” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Search Engine Optimisation is the process whereby a website owner or webmaster makes his website more accessible and organised so that internet search engines find it easier to index and serve his(/her) pages to searchers. SEO has been adapted and added … Continue reading Intern Selection Process – Article One – SEO
Dr Willy has kindly decided to grace me with his comment on my about page. He is awaiting my approval, which will happen as and when I feel like it. The previous post was a prompt, this one is an … Continue reading “Critics” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Today’s prompt – “Insult” INSULT Just prior to going out for my evening walk I have a critic leave an insulting message on my blog. My grey matter sometimes takes a while to process insults, maybe I’m strange but I … Continue reading Insult – Don Charisma’s Prompt
Two portrait shots welded together with one of those trees that grows sideways we get in Thailand … It’s even later in the AM here … so … Continue reading Beach Tree Sunset Panorama – “Jack Nicholson-Orama”
These striking lights in the sky greeted me on my balcony. They look like some kind of search lights, very striking indeed ! Dear readers it’s … Continue reading Balcony Sunset – “Morgan Freeman-Orama”
Thanks for all those who took part, I think I got everyone who did. I’m sorry if I missed you, please make sure you backlink me and/or post the link to your work in the comments for the prompt post. … Continue reading Fear – Don Charisma’s Prompt – The Responses
I remember many many moons ago seeing a title of “Missing kids” … My brain works incredibly slowly sometimes, I thought it was about say parents who’d been separated from the children for some reason. On closer inspection, it was … Continue reading “Missing Loved Ones” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Four portrait photos masterfully merged into one very beautiful sunset indeed … Today’s sunset is a “John Lee Hooker-orama” because of the blues in the sky and … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama Blues (& Yellows) – “John Lee Hooker-orama”
Here’s some breaking news for you guys – the gherkin, one of the most iconic buildings in London has gone bust. It seems the company that … Continue reading Gherkin Flat Broke
I’ve discussed with business partner Danny, and we only have the resources to manage one (maybe two) intern(s) on this the first Don Charisma intern program. We’ve had 6 applicants. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS INTERNSHIP, PLEASE APPLY FOR … Continue reading Intern Selection Process – Writing For Don Charisma
Today’s prompt – “Fear” FEAR I went out for a walk, and something I was afraid to think about appeared. Often I brush it aside, which seems to magnify the effect. So try the opposite, let it in, be OK … Continue reading Fear – Don Charisma’s Prompt
A mutual friend gave me a heads up on my friend Jason’s (A Opinionated Man) recent dilemma with people ripping off his work and passing off as their own. In my “Virgin’s Guide to Promoting a Blog or Website (Ethos … Continue reading “Plagiarism” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Blogging and watching stats since Jul-2013, I’ve noticed a pattern on my blog. The latest three posts get the most attention, in of course descending order. What I’ve noticed is that readers will read the latest the most, and then it … Continue reading “You’re Only As Good As Your Last Three Posts” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
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This from my lovely friend, with the biggest smile of any blogger I know … heavenly charisma, now that’s right up my street ! eKintal View original post Continue reading heavenly charisma
Nine landscape photos loving merged into one stunner of a sunset … So beautiful I’m calling her a “Megan Fox-orama” … Enjoy them apples Google 🙂 … Continue reading Big Sky Beach Sunset Panorama – “Megan Fox-orama”
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. A sky full of sky lanterns 🙂 “Michael Jackson-orama” because he’s now just a bright light drifting in … Continue reading Lots Of Sky Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival – “Michael Jackson-orama”
Petar Meseldzija has kindly granted permission for me to use his painting on my blog. Thank you Peter, I’m very grateful, I hope that you do receive some traffic to your sites 🙂 I believe that a blog should be … Continue reading “Nudity In Art” – “St Georg And The Dragon” by Petar Meseldzija
REALLY ? SERIOUSLY ? You wasted both our time by posting a comment on my about page, for that ? Look I don’t need to know if you unfollowed me, I’m not petty about it, we’re grown ups not kids … Continue reading Please Unfollow My Blog
It’s St George’s Day in the UK, which is where I’m from. I wanted to post a favourite painting of mine but it contains nudity. I even have the artist’s permission to post, he sent me a lovely email in … Continue reading “Nudity In Art” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Is blogging addictive ? Passion or Addiction ? Poll and comments please. Warm regards Don Charisma Resources & Sources Manic Typist – morgueFile.com Notes for commenters: Comments are invited. BUT you are reminded that this is a public blog and you are also … Continue reading “Is Blogging Addictive ?” – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Nice colours on this I’m calling a Jackie Chan-Orama, because he’s Asian and this was taken in Asia … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) … Continue reading Ocean Sunset Panorama – “Jackie Chan-orama”
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