Any red-blooded American understands the art of the hustle.  In the tradition of our gypsy forebears, any impovershed group of people (even Americans) will try to make a deal to get themselves ahead - even when it is at the expense of another.  The not so secret art of the hustle can be as much as selling a fake rolex on the street corner or just ( Read more... )

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Sweet slumber on a still winter morning. Woken from the wonderous world of dreams into my kitten poucing me on top of my sheets, I allow myself open to the day. Sleeping in is what I want for christmas. Well, that and a normalized sleep cycle ( Read more... )

In the economic resurgence of the mid-1990s, advertisers were in the middle of a revolution in marketing. People having grown resistant to simpler brand impression techniques, the most successful marketing scheme advertised not products but lifestyles associated with a group of products ( Read more... )