For the last few weeks, I’ve been experiencing minor bouts of ESP, such as hoping a certain episode of “Will and Grace” will be on (and it was!) or predicting the first number to be called in a series of lotto numbers (and it’s happened before, and I have a witness!). I don’t know where it comes from, since I …

I don’t know how I feel about astrology and numerology.  I’m torn between destiny and free will.  I mean, isn’t there a certain degree of freedom that comes from accepting no personal responsibility for, well, anything?  I mean, if your life path was written in the stars, then clearly it was beyond you to change the direction you were headed in. I mean, …

I usually find my blog fodder from Cracked.com or one of the Gawker Media affiliates or Digg (which is where I usually first find postings from the aforementioned outlets), but I’m writing today to introduce you to a new personal favorite: <Expletive> You, Penguin. (ed. Yes, I know it’s Christmas Eve, and maybe a warmer, fuzzier post would be in order, but if you go to the …

I’m going to preface this post with a note that this has NOTHING to do with religion, and if you’re reading this and still believe in Santa, then I recommend stopping now.  I bid you a happy and healthy holiday season, but you’re better off not reading what’s below if you still think St. Nick will be coming by your …

My dear friends, the ones that really know me (and I mean the “will: hold my hair back, lend me pajamas knowing they won’t get them back and a couch to sleep in them on, not judge me for waking up in the morning looking as frightful as I do, lovingly tolerate a fair amount of my crap” kind of …

Opinion by Jackie Brook, not necessarily the opinion of AMP3 Public Relations Updated October 17 2017 Bernard Madoff, the <expletive> behind the $50B Ponzi scheme that was just uncovered isn’t going to get kudos in this blog.  As many of his investors were from my hometown, it’s bound to (embarrassingly for them) come out that people I know were affected by Madoff’s …

Last week, I had an interesting email exchange with my family regarding a Flatiron café called “Starvin’ Marvin Cafe” (my dad’s name, you guessed it, is Marvin). The banter ranged from witty to silly, typical family fare for a Friday morning when New York City temperatures made it a little difficult to get our collective motor running. My brother then …

Back in September I blogged about our corner mart, the Shine Deli.We learned the hard way (via outrageously jacked up prices) that they were under new management. Well, that new management just sunk to an impressive new low.   Please see the visual below for the most comprehensive understanding possible:    I go to pay my rent, which is high enough, just to …

I AM NOT GIFTED.  Just putting it out there from the start that, no, this isn’t me telling you why I’m gifted and you’re not, or about the perks of being gifted, or about the trouble I find myself in from being so much smarter than those around me. Again, I repeat, I AM NOT GIFTED. However, as someone that …

Not long ago, I got an email from my brother with the subject line “yep.” In the body of the email, there was nothing but a link entitled, “Are Left Handed People Smarter”. After that, a short back and forth about SAT scores (of which I did much better) and Regents exams (of which he claims to have done better on all …