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West Coast, Best Coast?
Growing up on the Eastern seaboard was eventful, but I never really considered it that much. After all, it felt completely normal and unremarkable. This is not the case for those who grew up in Western Australia, who are permanently obsessed with two things: All of this codswallop, but I am from the East, so…
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Crossover
For all its faults, America loves an innovation, and she REALLY loves a new product. Go to any big name college, and their gift shop will have over 30k items, from T-shirts and socks to yamakas and shotgun shells. The latest entry into a seemingly endless category of “Nobody asked for this, but here we…
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Magnitude
As a break from spamming vacation updates (it’s going nicely, by the way), I thought I’d throw out a fun hypothetical I was playing around with on ChatGPT. Who do you think would win, the sun, or one trillion lions? My low IQ brain thought it might be a fair fight; I was wrong. One…
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Works, but not everywhere
We took the train from Paris to Biarritz today, a journey of almost 800km, completed in under 5 hours. Like many things, the last 20% of the endeavour took half the time. For the first 90 minutes, we scooted along at 300kms, and completed more than half the journey. Then, we started making stops. For…
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Le Parc
The Luxembourg Gardens are wonderful. While not the most beautiful in terms of horticulture, they’re packed with activities for all types. We spent a few hours there this morning. It started out at the fountain, where you could rent out little sail boats and let them rip around. We chose the Ukrainian boat to show…
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Paris
After a long flight, the summer holiday has officially become. Paris. It’s only for a few days, but it’s a special place.
