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If a 24/7 relationship is too much, consider this
By CEDRIC HARRIS | Oct. 17, 2007Ah, the eight-to-eight. It's a date, a guaranteed hook-up and a secret friend all rolled into one.
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Trimming trends: hair, Nair or barely there?
By PAIGE USYK | Oct. 10, 2007There comes a time in every woman's life when she needs to make a seminal decision: full-on bush, landing strip or bare?
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Don't overlook anti-heroes
By PAIGE USYK | Oct. 3, 2007Filming recently began on a big-screen adaptation to the wildly successful HBO sitcom "Sex and the City." And because I own all seven DVDs, watch the Season Two finale religiously after a breakup and use Samantha quotes as pickup lines, it pains me to admit this, but I think the fairy tale is over.
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To make fantasies a reality, open up
By PAIGE USYK | Sep. 26, 2007My boy has a consistent bedtime routine: He brushes his teeth, sets his alarm and logs on to ESPN.com to check his fantasy baseball ranking and the homepage of his beloved Astros. I quickly learned I could tease him about his OCD-esque nightly redundancy, but I could never slight his Houston heroes.
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In Defense of the Hookup and My Column
By PAIGE USYK | Sep. 19, 2007In the past, I have abstained from further comments on my articles. I think most speak for themselves. However, I couldn't resist defending my Sept. 19 column, "Are hookups the modern 'free love' revolution?"
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Forget self-control; get a DCB
By CEDRIC HARRIS | Sep. 19, 2007Most nights I go out, I need a DCB.
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Are hookups the modern 'free love' revolution?
By PAIGE USYK | Sep. 12, 2007Everywhere I turn it seems someone (usually someone older than 30) is bashing the so-called "hookup culture." And yet I know only a handful of people who don't somehow engage in it.
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Saying goodbye to the single life
By PAIGE USYK | Sep. 5, 2007Originally, I had an entirely different column written and submitted to my editor. It was about trusting your gut when it comes to the dating realm.
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Healthy relationships require sacrifice
By PAIGE USYK | Aug. 29, 2007Lately I've been studying my coupled-up friends, trying to dissect what exactly makes a relationship work. The cynic in me keeps coming back to the same question: What are these people giving up?
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Relinquish the relics and start anew
By PAIGE USYK | Aug. 22, 2007Trying to affix shelves to the crumbly plaster walls of my new apartment was no easy task. I thought I had the shelf above my desk installed just fine and had begun to stack my books when it crashed down right on top of my 15-inch MacBook Pro.
