Alexander Chase:  “A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.”

Moses Hadas:  “Thank you for sending me a copy of your book (or link to your blog?). I’ll waste no time reading it”

When an organization has as its logo an outhouse in front of a background of crossed paddles, it is hard to envision the need for anything more. This simple, sensational, seminal symbol says it all when it comes to the Malden Yacht Club. The paddles signify our love of kayaking, while the outhouse … well, I think it’s pretty obvious how the outhouse applies to us in a multitude of ways. I could probably fill a blog post with outhousian references, and maybe I will some day …but not today. No, today I will limit myself to a brand new Malden Yacht Club symbol, one that is being unveiled for the very first time. Not intended to be as joyful apropos a privy approximal a pair of posed paddles, this new symbol portrays a harder edge of the Malden Yacht Club, which is quite a feat since the symbol itself is comprised mostly of soft edges. Perhaps that paradox is fitting given that this new sign’s reason for being is paradoxical in its own right. It has been created specifically to fill a need we never knew we had. And that, folks, is the need to occasionally say “No” … and to say it like we mean it! Continue reading ‘Now You Will Know How We Say No’ »