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Entries Tagged as 'General Frustration'

Limited Too What?

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Catalog Overkill · General Frustration

Get yours + Get Off

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The first “Off The List” collectible is here! Act now and complete strangers will be asking you sexually provocative questions faster than you can say “stay the hell away from me, you loser.” To get yours, email your complete name and address to getoff@jonnyhal.com And no, signing up won’t put you on any mailings lists. [...]

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Tags: General Frustration · Success Story

Your (ID) Check is in the Mail

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Guess who wants protect your identity now? The same people who peddle your info nuggets to anyone with a pulse — the US Postal Service.

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Tags: General Frustration · Tips

Who(is) Checking You Out

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Do you own a website? Then, chances are, someone is oogling your privates right now.

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Tags: General Frustration · Tips

Facebook’em Dano!

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Want your personal info available on-line, for all eternity? Then put down your drool cup and join Facebook.

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Tags: General Frustration

Scarlett Johansson on line 1

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Generally that would be considered a good thing — except it’s a recording. Plus, she’s only calling to talk about another guy.

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Tags: General Frustration

What did you do Today?

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out our friends at CatalogChoice.org on the Today show. If Anne Curry can get off, why not you?

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Tags: General Frustration · Good guys · Tips

(another reason) Ticketmaster is Evil

January 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Exorbitant handling fees. Weak seat selection. Jammed phone lines. To this august list of Ticketmaster’s ills, add unapologetic name serializer.

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Tags: General Frustration · Name Serializer · Tips

Send a letter, Maria

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Name. Address. Phone number. Data miners scour public records in order to sniff out these info truffles, which are then sliced, diced, and repackaged as mailing lists to serve you fresh junk mail daily. Time to separate your pearls from those swine with this sample letter:

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Tags: General Frustration · Tips

My kingdom for an RSS

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

At the risk of showing my incompetence, can someone please tell me how to get my RSS feed to work?

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Tags: General Frustration