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Entries from April 2004

A breath of freesia air

April 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Monday I took a little trip in the car with a vase of freesia. Mmmm. Beats those fakey-green-Christmas-tree pine air fresheners ;). I remember reading that the new VW Bugs have a flower vase beside the steering wheel. I thought that seemed frivolous but now I understand that design better…driving around with fresh flowers is […]

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Tags: gardening

A woman without a man is like

April 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle I’m dating myself here: it’s been a while since I’ve seen any of these bumper stickers. This site explains the history of the statement, derived by an Australian student , Irina Dunn, from her philosophy study (“A man needs God like a fish […]

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Tags: marriage

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Tags: island

The biology behind *The Bachelor*

April 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment

I’ve never seen the show but I’ve seen quite a few commercials for it while watching ice-skating on ABC. Those clips are enough to convince me why I wouldn’t want to watch it. I don’t understand why people would want to participate in it. It’s clear why a man would want women to compete for […]

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Tags: news

Caffeine, lingerie, (m)academia…

April 10th, 2004 · Comments Off on Caffeine, lingerie, (m)academia…

Tuesday while we were walking downtown, the girls and I stopped by Metrion, a new cafe. I was curious. I had read an article in the Bainbridge Review and wanted to see “the island’s first joint coffee shop and lingerie boutique” where “cup size has a double meaning”. New at the Bainbridge store is fair […]

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Tags: culture