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According to today’s junk mail solicitations, I am
one of “our country’s most accomplished women”
and part of “a small, select group of creative professionals.”
Please, please, don’t send accolades. Send money.

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I got a letter in the snail mail today inviting me to join the National Association of Professional Women. The letter states “There is no fee to be included.”
They forgot to add the disclaimer “…until we charge your credit card. But by then you’ll have forgotten that you ever signed up for this and HA [...]

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I got a notice in the mail from Fast Company magazine, with an all-caps THIRD ATTEMPT, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE message telling me to renew NOW to lock in the low, low price of $9.97.
My subscription is set to expire in October. I can get the same low, low price by signing up [...]

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From a credit card offer, which includes 0% APR on transfers until 2009: “We may change your account terms, including rates, at any time for any reason. This means that your account rates, including any promotional rates offered, are not guaranteed.”
In other words: whatever we promise you today, we could be lying through our teeth [...]

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I’m of the opinion that the best branding in the world can be erased by one bad customer service experience. On the other hand, when a company goes out of its way to provide above-and-beyond customer service, I think it’s worth noting.
My Mom and I had dinner this evening at Carrabas, on 15-501. Barry doesn’t [...]

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WUNC is currently in begathon mode. I don’t listen much–I only listen to radio in the car, have a short commute, and walk or work from home occasionally–but that’s not why I’m not going to give them any money.
Here I am in downtown Durham, and I’m looking out the window, and I can see the [...]

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One of the local dining establishments has recently redone it’s wall menu. It’s lovely, but they should have hired a proofreader for this item:
Sweat or Unsweat tea

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The scary thing about this ad is that it’s for a copywriter job:
Someone who can play with the big boys and mentor the little guys
I hope they find a writer who can also write job descriptions that don’t flout gender discrimination laws.

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Watching the Grammies, here. First time I’ve done that since Simon & Garfunkel won for “Mrs. Robinson.”
I can’t believe this fandango even exists after the whole Milli Vanilli embarrassment.

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Don’t ask me what convoluted surf path I followed to stumble across this…but the Mohonk Mountain House, outside of my old stomping ground of New Paltz, NY, is #3 on a list of “World’s Best Party Spots” on a blog by the name of GlamChic, which is the kind of site that gets all fluttery [...]

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