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Guess what truly terrific present I just received from Taylor Gifts! Nope.  Something even better.

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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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Who knew evil would come clad in a bikini? Not my wife when she ordered a gift from the Limited Too catalog.

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Crank up the Sound Soother 20! Break out the World’s Shortest Full-size Umbrella! The Sharper Image filed for Chapter 11!

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Have you seen the new J.Crew catalog? “Which one?” is the correct response — so far this year, they’ve already sent 2!

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In my battle with Harry and David, all was not peachy.

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You may have received one of these over the weekend: Consider yourself lucky — I got 2.

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Harry and David finally got back to me about all the catalogs they’ve been sending. But their answer, like their Celebration Gift Basket, was kind of a mixed bag.

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