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To Mrs McClusky

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals and say we’ve no money for butter.
And I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and [...]

University is Talking To Me

Dear Eva,
I am very pleased to inform you that in Summer School 2008 you attained one of the top results in Issues in Human Resources Management (467945/95) at the AUT. You are one of the Business School’s high achieving students.
Congratulations on your academic success. This reflects the effort ad commitment you have made in your [...]

100% SILK.

You love pink, we love pink, our friends in China love pink - so they made this garment just for you.
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Who Cares
Made on the third planet from the Sun, in the USA
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Predicted in Paris
Designed in Milan
Constructed in China
Admired in Barcelona
Noted in New York

The Foolosophy Of Marriage

Was it Nietzsche who said that marriage is a hindrance and a calamity on the path to the optimum?
Lucky boy - he believed he was on the path to optimum - let alone he believed in the optimum itself. I wish I could be that optimistic.
I do believe in marriage however. I believe that big [...]

Overheard Auckland

When you don’t have your own conversations, you listen to what other people talk about. You know, the goss about Jeremy, his sabletooth ex-wife and their saucy divorce; about Florence, the expensiveness yet oh-so-worth-it of travelling and other uninteresting things.
However, I recently happened to overhear an idea which I have fallen in life with.Two women [...]

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