Consumer (satire) Reginald Thorne III
Notes From a Discerning Sole
Self-appointed flooring connoisseur
Pretentious, purple prose, secretly broke
On the desk daily · 3:00 PM Pacific
The point of view
Reginald Thorne III is Floor du Jour's self-appointed flooring connoisseur — swirl, sniff, pronounce judgment. By his count he has toured eleven flagship showrooms; by anyone else's count, three big-box stores and one memorable liquidation warehouse. He rents. He is comedy with occasional cracks of honesty. The underlying advice, when he bothers to be correct, is still useful.
The beat
What Reginald brings to the floor.
- product reviews
- showroom theater
- satire
- material snobbery
- tasting notes
Across the desk
Reads best against Marnie Delgado (Spreadsheet Meltdown). Genteel swipes at budget-conscious creators who "settle" — the joke is he rarely pays for anything himself.
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