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  • Nigerian Prince has P.O. Box in TX

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    I received a letter in the mail the other day with a banner at the top that read “Important Retirement Plan Information.” When I opened it, I found a pretty lame excuse for a US Mail phishing scam. The cover letter included my name and address, and vaguely inferred that I have some unclaimed 401-k…

  • Good News from the B-boy Mailer

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    I was rifling through morning email and came upon this news: “Party People your dreams have now been fulfilled.” -Run DMC -1986 OK, maybe not so much, but to celebrate the spring season we are reissuing Check Your Head. Along with the original, we’ve put together 16 bonus cuts, rarities and assorted nonsense. All digitally…

  • Don’t forget about Earth Hour tomorrow night!

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    Go to Earthhour.org for details. NYC Landmarks will even be shutting off the lights for the event. It should make for one wicked game of “sardines.”

  • Cashing in on Obamamania

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    I received this in the mail the other day. Just a few observations: What ever happened to target audience, when advertising? Wouldn’t they want to send these to people who haven’t actually already earned a college degree? Also, judging by the pictures on the ad, I’m not sure if I would exactly fit-in with the…

  • NY Times Features Powder Mountain

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    [photo: Brian Mohr for The New York Times] Nothing makes me miss the homeland, like when a national paper runs these kind of articles. Today the NY Times ran this article about Powder Mountain Resort. The author, Stephen Regenold (a two planker), spends the entire article rubbing in my face, all of the spring powder…

  • Happy Vernal Equinox

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    In commemoration of Vernal Equinox, I have compiled a few fun facts, relating to the event. Contrary to the popular belief of New Yorkers, Vernal Equinox is not the the high roller’s gym, down the block from NYSC. It is a semiannual even where the Earth’s axis is perfectly straight up and down, in relation…

  • Path?

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    I have always wondered if these signs are confusing to tourists and other (non-New Jersey) out of towners. Path to what? They come out of the subway in lower Manhattan and there is this huge orange sign staring at them.  Is the Path kind of like the yellow brick road? No, dude. Sorry, it is…

  • Fairey Selling out?

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    Ken Johnson of the New York Times seems to think so.  So does Jordan at Public Ad Campaign. Johnson’s NYT article gives an overview of Fairey’s career and style of art, from Fairey’s days as a student, up through his current campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue. The article focuses on Fairey’s current exhibit in Boston…

  • Visualize Debt

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    Normally I like to leave posts about Politics and Economic woe, for allupinyour.biz, but I saw this graphic today on Animal New York, and it got me thinking. The amount of money represented in the graphic above, is one billion dollars. One trillion dollars is one thousand times what you see in the picture. That’s…

  • Madoff Folds

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    [Photo by NY Times] Finally! According to Dealbook, Madoff plans to plead guilty and will likely get a life sentence. It looks like sometimes, really really rich people do actually go to jail after all.