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“Intimate Activities” Result in Apartment Complaint

by John P.

Intimate Activities Apartment ComplaintDear lord, this is funny. The following letter is not made up. It actually happened to a friend of mine who shall remain anonymous (for his wife’s sake, since he’s quite proud of it). Last week after running errands his wife came home to find the following letter attached to the front door of the apartment:

August 13, 2008
XXXXXXXXXX
Apt #1208

Dear (He Who Shall Remain Nameless),

I’m writing you this letter with regards to a complaint we’ve had from one of your neighbors. This neighbor states they are frequently disturbed by noises coming from your apartment. These noises are not music, slamming doors, stomping, or others of that nature. The Resident claims it is constant banging on the wall and other noises that seem to be associated with intimate activities.

The Resident feels awkward about the situation and therefore has not wanted to knock on your door and discuss it with you. They said this has gone on for quite a while, and they have made comments to management before, but now they feel too uncomfortable and have asked us to address this with you.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

XOXOXOXOXO
Community Manager

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Cali Lewis Interview Rescheduled for Saturday at 2pm CST

June 6, 2008
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Hey gang, slight modification. We’ll be doing this live interview on Saturday at 2pm Texas time instead of the 3pm time I previously reported in error. Sorry about that! So, if you want to join us, either click on Cali’s gorgeous picture above, or go here for all the details! Gee, that’s a hard choice [...]

Cali Lewis Live Interview Saturday June 7 at 3:00pm CST

June 3, 2008

Hey folks, on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 3pm Central time in the U.S. (-5 GMT) Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell will be coming by to live stream an interview with your’s truly. We’ll be chatting about chicken nuggets, quantum string theory, plasma torches and bikini waxes. Well, maybe not. I actually have no idea [...]

Student and Federal Loan Consolidation

February 12, 2008

I recently got the following question from one of my readers: Dear The Man, I’m a broke ass college student. And by broke I mean not only don’t I have any money, but I’ve probably already spent about 2 years worth of my expected salary after graduation. And that’s if I DON”T go to grad [...]

Advertising Alternatives for Bloggers

February 8, 2008

I got the following question recently from Arlina (sorry it took me so long to answer…): There are so many “make money online” ads…can you recommend some? I have a blog and I’m using Adsense, but I’m not making any money on it (it’s really new, so not much traffic). There is so much info [...]

How to Professionally Sharpen a Knife

January 30, 2008
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One of my readers (Kirk) wrote in with the following question: I have just purchased the whole set of Katana knives plus a few extra to fill the block. My question is, how the heck do you use that steel properly to keep them as sharp as they were out of the box? Is that [...]

16 Tips for Blog Idea Brainstorming

August 22, 2007

In the last week at least 5 people have asked me, “how do you come up with so many interesting articles?” To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have chosen to write about this topic if Lorelle hadn’t asked me to (anything for you Lorelle!) because I’m afraid it will bore you people to tears! But [...]

Perfecting High Definition TVs Audio and Video Settings

February 9, 2007
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The Man received the following question from Steven: I just purchased a 37″ Sharp Aquos. Is there somewhere on the Internet that I can find the best settings for picture/voice quality — or do I just have to go through it all via trial and error? Well, Steve. First of all congrats on your new [...]

Protect Your Privacy, Delete Internet Usage Tracks

February 2, 2007
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Here’s a question I received from a reader: Can you recommend a good hard drive sweeper? I need to clean up my PC at work… been surfing the net a little too much. Well yes. Yes I can…