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Amazon Local?! Have Daily Deals Gone too Far?

Written by Daniel Mason on August 22, 2011

First off, I don’t have a lot of time to write a lengthy article so I’m going to let the image below sum up my thoughts on this issue, which were prompted by a daily deals offer from Amazon Local!  Don’t they already own Living Social?  Maybe it’s a re-branding thing- but nope- Living Social…

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“Too White” to Live in America?

Written by Daniel Mason on July 20, 2010

I wasn’t going to write a new blog post today, that is, until I came across a video last night of a group called the “Brown Berets”, a group modeled after the Black Panthers Party.  I often get criticized for sympathizing with sub-groups like the Tea Party and the neo-Conservative movement; although I can’t claim to be in full…

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Did Smirnoff get Iced?

Written by Daniel Mason on July 19, 2010

Although the usual Smirnoff Ice drinker isn’t what one would consider a “bro”, the politically incorrect “bros” from “Bros like this site” and “Bros icing bros” certainly brought the niche, and typically feminine market-skewed drink to the forefront of irresponsible, male, young-adult culture.  I’ve had many an argument with friends about whether this actually reached…

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The Great Divide between Generation Y (and everybody else)

Written by Daniel Mason on July 16, 2010

I’ve actually been thinking about this blog post for about a week now and finally decided something needed to be written before I complete forgot what, originally, was to me an earth-shattering revelation.  It has for the time being been downgraded to prophetic and insightful, but we’ll see how this post goes. Anyway, I was…

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