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Category Archives: Magazine-style Posts
My Love Affair with Jacques Cousteau
This week is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. And what better way for me to start my celebrations that to commemorate the man who introduced me to those ancient hunters: Jacques-Yves Cousteau. All About Passion It wasn’t the skin-tight …
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Tagged article, calypso, cousteau, geek chic, magazine-style, oceans, science
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The Simple Life for a Hi-Tech Gal
With so many complex challenges, simplicity is a must for a hi-tech gal. Why Simplify? There is a slogan in Alcoholics Anonymous that reads “K.I.S.S. — Keep it simple, Sweetheart”. Before I got sober, things were extremely chaotic. Consequently, it …
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Boldly Going for 52 Years
With 52 years of fearless exploration and scientific breakthroughs, are NASA’s glory days behind her? Thank You, NASA NASA’s research over the past 52 years has led to life-changing innovations known as NASA-spinoffs. Here’s a few you might be familiar …
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Tagged article, geek chic, magazine-style, nasa, News, science, space, technology
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The Fall and Rise of Paradise
July is “Tahiti and Her Islands” Awareness Month. It is also when the islands of French Polynesia (of which Tahiti is the largest) hosts their annual Heiva Festival. Heiva is a celebration of the traditional Polynesian culture (clothing, singing, dances, …
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Tagged colonization, culture, history, paradise, pearls, prejudice, tahiti, trivia
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Happy Birthday Bert
You know him as the pigeon-loving, boring guy, sharing the basement apartment with the zany Ernie at 123 Sesame Street. According to Holidays for Everyone, today is his birthday. A Much Maligned Muppet Poor Bert is one of the most …
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Tagged birthday, entertainment, fun, gay, LGBT, rumors, television, trivia
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