off the list

Guess what truly terrific present I just received from Taylor Gifts!

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Not for personal glory.  Not for vast riches.  And hopefully, not for long.

But after 6 joyous months of As Seen On TV™ silence, Taylor Gifts once again favored me with 72 full-color pages of worthless crap.

O cruel wind — why does thou blow anew?

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My mother sent us a gift from LL Bean and — you guessed it — her kind gesture put us back on their mailing list.

Thanks, Mom.

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To paraphrase Al Pacino in Godfather III:  Just when I thought I was out, Taylor Gifts sends me another @#!% catalog.

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Do something nice for yourself this year — stop all those stupid holiday catalogs with CatalogChoice.org.

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Loose the trumpets! Sound the confetti! Off The List is 1 year’s old.

How’s it feel?

As empty as my mailbox.

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To long waits and huge expenses, add the insult of junk mail to your list of injuries if you need to visit the Emergency Room.

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Quick quiz: after the apolcalypse, which creatures will still scurry about the wasteland?

A) Cockroaches; B) Real Estate Agents; C) Mortgage Brokers; D) All of the above

Based on the amount of mailings I’m still receiving — despite the sub-prime mortgage meltdown — I’m betting D.

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After receiving my 4th piece of direct mail from American Express OPEN for Business in 5 days, I have no other choice.

I have declared war on American Express.

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Credit market in crisis. Stock market tanking. Consumer confidence in the toilet.

So who does Smart Money feature? Yours truly, of course.

Now, let’s just see how much crap I get for this — in the mail, I mean.