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How did I find him?

July 11th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Wednesday while commuting on the ferry, we had a one hour wait. I decided to pass the time by playing music. Rummaging in the van’s collection, I found an old tape that surprised me, so old I’d forgotten which songs I’d recorded on it. Two of the songs came from an album I heard for […]

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Cake plates and callings: third wave feminism, falling in love and neuroeconomics

July 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Cake plates and callings: third wave feminism, falling in love and neuroeconomics

Via email I found this Rachael Combe piece in Elle magazine: The Guilty Bride described how her feelings about marriage and weddings have changed with time. But that’s the truth: It’s as if I’ve found my calling. Ever since O. proposed, I’ve found it hard to think about anything but him and our wedding. I […]

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Ducky on the Web

July 1st, 2004 · Comments Off on Ducky on the Web

As Katherine noted last week, a set of duck photos is making the rounds around the blogs. Stories about ducks, ducks in distress, and ducks in sewers are also traveling. Not to be left out of this theme, I have my own duck story to share. Last week when we went to the park with […]

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To the father of my children

June 20th, 2004 · 6 Comments

When you and I walked together along a stretch of Cape Cod beach years ago, the ocean air tossing our hair, on that October Saturday, my love for you began. Not that I hadn’t already started to fall for you. By then you were my best male friend. After six months of conversations, including a […]

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Shower and show up

June 20th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Eugene Volokh and other bloggers – including MD – have been discussing this week what it means to be sexy. Volokh wrote: Women think a lot — much more than men — about how they can become more attractive, and are willing to do a lot to try to become more attractive. Don’t know what […]

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