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Pitiful customer service.  No NFL Network.  Byzantine pricing structure.

To that list, you can now add a new privacy policy that is as confusing to decipher as TWC’s archaic on-screen user interface.

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Let me start by saying I love The New York Times — still the best paper and news organization on the planet.

Now their marketing department on the other hand…

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Not bugs, this time.

Just an insane privacy policy at JP Morgan Chase sure to drive even the most resilient cockroach straight for the nearest can of Raid.

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According to Shawn at the 2010 Census Hotline — 866-872-6868 — doing your civic duty will not result in an avalanche of direct mail dooty.

So go ahead:  report you and yours to the government.  What could happen?

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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