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 …
Ponzi Schemes: Where Reckless Abandon Meets, Well, Jealousy-Inducing Cunning
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 …
Too Much Information: Seriously, Please Learn When to Stop Sharing
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 …
Not That I Needed It, But ANOTHER Reason to Hate the Shine Deli
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 …
What I Think About Your “Gifted” Child
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 …
Reasons Why I’m Much Smarter Than My Brother
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 …
Stuff You Probably Didn’t Know
In lieu of an inspired blog entry (since I’m feeling wholly uninspired), I’m going to present to you a compilation of stuff you probably didn’t know, but is interesting, nonetheless. Moderate drinking can boost your IQ Jelly Belly make over a million Beans an hour The …
The Election’s Over: Ways to Help You Get Back to Your Normal Life
I have no shame in admitting that I was a political junkie for the bulk of the campaigning (see equifax’s shining example of campaigning in a pr crisis) (and I’m going all the way back to the primaries). My addiction peaked as the election drew near, and I think my body had a break through and began cleansing itself during …
Dear President-Elect Obama: An Earnest Letter
(Updated for 2017, URL Corrections, etc) Dear President-Elect Obama: While I’m sure you are well aware of the daunting tasks you have to tackle in the next few months and years, there are certain matters I’d like to put on your radar now (in case you find yourself with a little time between saving the economy and getting us safely …
A Compilation of Everything You Need to Know That’s NOT About the Election
If you’re like me, then you’re probably refreshing news and political web pages, hoping for something interesting and uplifting to be written. Unfortunately, we seem to be in a media stalemate of sorts, with all the coverage talking about how we won’t know anything for a while, but that it’s great to see people voting (which it is). Oddly enough, …