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Archive for February, 2009

A Spontaneous Convergence

Posted in Sheer gratitude, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Somehow I managed to fall in love with – and subsequently marry and have children with – a man who did not share my taste in books. Yes, my husband simply refuses to read any fiction published after a very specific date which I  believe to be somewhere around mid-July, 1959. He has, however, conceded [...]

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The Age of Innocence

Posted in Philosophising, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 25, 2009 | 13 Comments »

Every time I swipe my card at the supermarket there’s always a few anxious moments before the transaction is approved. And when the little machine gives me the nod, I grin like an idiot because I don’t have to go through the humiliating process of splitting payment over three cards or, worse still, having to [...]

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Man And The Cosmo

Posted in Setting the record straight, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The other day Uncle B got offered a free magazine subscription as part of some internet/mobile/Big Mac combo deal he signed up for. When faced with a choice of “House and Garden”, “The Women’s Weekly” and “Cosmopolitan” for his lovely wife (and my good friend) KT, he chose “Cosmopolitan”. 
When KT told me about it, I [...]

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