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		<title>The glove is off: Louise on the death of Michael Jackson</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/06/29/the-glove-is-off-louise-on-the-death-of-michael-jackson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So there I was, minding my own business on, what was it, Thursday when Michael Jackson died? When what appeared in my inbox but a request for a radio interview with yours truly, about my thoughts on the death of the singer. What could I say? Being ever hungry for publicity of any kind, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=1009&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Newsflash: the Internet is great for hookups</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/06/14/newsflash-the-internet-is-great-for-hookups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Pitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zach Galifianakis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s a guy (or girl) to do in the modern age of dating? Especially if he/she doesn&#8217;t have a computer?
Yes, such specimens exist. Specifically, I&#8217;m talking about a friend of mine who, over the years, has steadfastedly refused to join the technology revolution.
Which is fine, up to a point. I mean, whatever his reasons—maybe he&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=984&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/06/08/weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agent Ribbons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartment Ought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art exhibits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camera Obscura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rembrandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Art Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermeer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.click.lavalife.com/?p=939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UNICEF. How long has this organization been around for? It&#8217;s like the McDonalds of charities. Everyone has a UNICEF memory, from Hallowe&#8217;en. But what is UNICEF today?
Well, the organization is concentrating its efforts on children in Africa with HIV/AIDS. That was the reason for the fundraiser Wednesday night, Unite With Art. A silent and live [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=939&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zurich photo essay pt II</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/06/03/zurich-photo-essay-pt-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/06/03/zurich-photo-essay-pt-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montreux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zurich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When: Thursday night, May 21
Where: Bierhalle Wolf
Why: I loved the name of this place. We were coming home from somewhere, maybe dinner after looking at a place for the Twister in the Langstrasse area. (This was the day she&#8217;d lost her key; see previous entry &#8220;For a good time in Zurich&#8230;&#8221;) Probably a little drunk, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=925&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zurich: photo essay pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/28/899/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/28/899/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip clubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zurich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Place: Zurich, Niederdorfstrasse and Muhlegasse
Time: First night (May 14)
Why: This area, where I was staying with the Twister, is pretty touristy. Tons of restaurants, cafes, bars, stores, and strip clubs. Consequently, it&#8217;s pretty noisy. Someone told me that travel professionals (train employees, for instance) stay in the area since it&#8217;s near the main train station. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=899&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ups and downs on the Golden Pass</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/27/ups-and-downs-on-the-golden-pass/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/27/ups-and-downs-on-the-golden-pass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Geneva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montreux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Golden Pass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zurich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.click.lavalife.com/?p=891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in Vancouver less than 24 hours and the Twister&#8217;s already calling to use my credit card. So much for &#8220;rebranding&#8221; herself, as she claims to be doing over there in Zurich.
Our goodbye, which happened at the main train station when I saw her off to work, was sad, as much as we infuriated each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=891&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For a good time in Zurich&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/22/for-a-good-time-in-zurich/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/22/for-a-good-time-in-zurich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laundry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zurich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was some kind of holiday yesterday, though national or just city-wide I&#8217;m not sure. Also, no one seemed to be able to tell us what the holiday was about, outside of &#8220;some Christian thing.&#8221; Anyway, the upshot of all this being, the Texas Twister lost her key.

To put it into context: there is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=875&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dateline: Zurich</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/18/dateline-zurich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BevMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chimay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echoes From Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limmat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Swiss Maker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zurich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zurich, Switzerland—It&#8217;s Monday, 9:30 a.m., but back home it&#8217;s 12:32 a.m. The time change screws you up, and not just your sleep-cycle—it&#8217;s played havoc with my internal email clock, which I didn&#8217;t even know I had. But now I get emails between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. Zurich time, so there isn&#8217;t much point in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=871&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entertaining&#8230; at home in the sky</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/12/entertaining-at-home-in-the-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/12/entertaining-at-home-in-the-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Absolut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bin 941]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bombay Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circa Restaurant & Lounge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlin Griffiths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pringles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.click.lavalife.com/?p=859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year&#8217;s Vancouver Bombay Sapphire promotion took place at Lumiere, one of the city&#8217;s tonier restaurants. For this year&#8217;s, the booze reps booked a night on the 58th floor of the city&#8217;s newest upscale hotel/residence, the Shangri-La.
The view was spectacular; after a mostly overcast day, the clouds dispersed, leaving the city to shine as the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=859&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the swingers gone?</title>
		<link>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/10/where-have-all-the-swingers-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.click.lavalife.com/2009/05/10/where-have-all-the-swingers-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shawnster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Goldstein]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DOXA Documentary Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Hart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plato's Retreat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screw Magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to the swingin&#8217; &#8217;70s? The makers of a new documentary are glad you asked.
American Swing is about the infamous club Plato&#8217;s Retreat. From the late &#8217;70s to the early &#8217;80s, the Retreat flourished in New York City, catering to the under-catered-to swingers community. Run by one Larry Levenson, Plato&#8217;s became synonymous with New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.click.lavalife.com&blog=1965219&post=851&subd=clickbylavalife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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