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Geek Chic

by Domestik Goddess on November 19, 2008

One battered old-faithful dictionary on my shelves, published circa 1975, defines a geek as “a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. ” You may be deeply relieved to know that I’ve upgraded to a squeaky-new Canadian Oxford, although I can’t claim it’s [...]

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Lonely singles all over the world can learn a lot about successful wooing from the witty types who place their personal ads with the London Review of Books.
This morning, CBC radio played an interview with Dave Rose, LBR advertising director and the editor of They Call Me Naughty Lola. The book is a collection of [...]

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If you think you’re lonely, try being an unmarried dairy farmer! It’s rough to find a date for Valentine’s Day with the scent of cow manure as your cologne.
But the members of one organic dairy co-op in Wales aren’t taking their single state lying down.
The Welsh milk producers have plastered their faces across thousands of [...]

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