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Happy Independence Day

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:03:52 -0700

Hey everyone, happy 4th! Today I received an email for "Subscriptions for Soldiers" from magazines.com, soliciting $10 donations, which would provide a soldier with a free year-long magazine subscription. I thought it was a pretty good idea, so ...

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The Hapalove Victory Garden

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:32:22 -0700

As you may know, I'm a big proponent of local food. I like knowing where my food came from, and having some connection to it. I think that having a strong connection with your food encourages a healthy relationship with food. You can't get more...

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More than 6?

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37:02 -0700

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. This is going around my neighborhood, and I really like the idea of encouraging people (including myself) to read the classics. However, I'm changin...

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Another dose of irony from an overpaid marketer

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:19:00 -0700

I had to laugh when I saw this ad in my Oprah magazine: "It's all about freedom of expression." Botox paralyzes the muscles in the face, which is how it prevents wrinkles. So isn't that like, the exact opposite of freedom of (facial) expressio...

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Restaurant Review: Farm House Cafe

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:44:43 -0700

Last night I had dinner with my dear friend J at the Farm House Cafe, which I had been wanting to try since I read about it. It took over some of the old space The Linkery used to occupy (it has since moved to a bigger space), and like The Linker...

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Tagged for a meme

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:28:24 -0700

Cabgirl tagged me. "The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a com...

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U.S. Open, traffic, and the upcoming weekend

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:18:17 -0700

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! This is probably one of those "what I ate for lunch" type blog entries, but hell, you can skip it if you don't care. :) I went to the U.S. Open yesterday. I'm not really a golf fan, and I really only went because...

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Meme... pass it on

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:51:18 -0700

Dani posted this and I thought it was a fun little exercise. a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic ma...

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QotD: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:02:40 -0700

Every new "Today" seems more anxious than ever. Do you find more solace in "Yesterday" or "Tomorrow"? Why? Submitted by Bee Whisperer. I think this is the condition of life, not of merely our times. Human beings will always find comfort in the ...

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Birthday greetings from Marlboro cigarettes

nobody@vox.com(HapaLove) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:05:04 -0700

A few years ago, I was in a bar and a promotional spokesperson from Marlboro approached me and offered me a free lighter in exchange for my email address. "Why not?" I thought, and gave him my spam email address. Since then, Marlboro occasional...

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