Are You a “Preferred Customer”?

I got a call from a Halifax jewelry store today.  It was the one I ordered my wife’s engagement ring from…and then canceled the order from.  Don’t worry, I still got her a ring, but that’s not the point.
They called me on my cell phone today to let me know about their summer sale because [...]

NOS Energy Drink? Really?

NOS Energy Drink? Really?

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Naming drinks after performance fuel additives? Why the hell not name it “Shell Super Clean Gasoline Energy Drink”, or “Quaker State All Natural Health Product”?! Or, more to the point, just call it “TEENAGE BOY IDENTITY GENERATOR”!
Perhaps I’m getting old, but this is the stupidest energy [...]

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