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An Open Letter To Starbucks

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Dear Starbucks,
Hey, is there anywhere to get a decent cup of coffee around here?
Oh, come on. Don’t look so sad. When we’re in the mood for a twenty-four-ounce cup of pumpkin-pie-flavored Cool Whip, a Feist CD covered in mocha fingerprints, a possibly exaggerated memoir by a former child soldier, and some customer “service” that denies [...]

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Why It’s Cool To Stop Trying To Be Cool

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

What follows is an article from GQ written by a pretty funny guy named Dan Kennedy (no relation to the marketing guru) — it’s an article I liked so much, and hit a nerve very close to me so well, I had the determination to rip its pages from the issue and type the whole thing [...]

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