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Captain’s Log: I Bought a Sherpa Jacket at 30°C and Now We Wait for Winter
Some context for the crew. Hong Kong gets maybe six real weeks of jacket weather a year, and every single year I spend them wearing a hoodie, a cardigan and […]
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Survey Results: Is It Cringe to Wear Matching Couple Outfits to a Wedding? (n=31, Mostly Aunts)
Research question: Is it cringe to show up to a wedding in a matching couple outfit? Sample: 31 wedding guests. Mostly aunts. Funding: Me. $52.99, plus shipping I’ll get to […]
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Release Notes, Fall Wardrobe v2.6: The Blazer Is Officially Deprecated
WARDROBE v2.6 (FALL) · RELEASE NOTESBuild date: the first cold Monday. Tested on: one commute, two all-day meetings, one dinner where I didn’t go home to change first. I work […]
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Show Your Work: A Grade-Seven Word Problem About $32 Jeans and a Deadline
I haven’t done a word problem since grade seven, and I didn’t expect to start again on a Friday morning in front of Old Navy Canada’s homepage. But the numbers […]
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SBAR Handoff: Patient Is My Scrub Drawer, Condition Stable but Mismatched
At shift change we do SBAR. Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. It’s how you hand a patient to the next nurse in ninety seconds without leaving out the part that matters. […]
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For Rent: One Cocoon Cardigan, Fully Furnished, Available Immediately
FOR RENT. Charming one-person unit, move-in ready, ideal for the tenant who is cold in every building she has ever worked in. No lease. No deposit. Asking $148, one time, […]
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Quiz: Which Fall Layer Are You? (I Took It Four Times Until I Got the Blazer)
Levi’s Hong Kong put out their Fall Lookbook this week with one line on it: “More layers means more ways to keep your style interesting this season.” I agree. I […]
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Choose Your Own Halloween: A Gothic Outfit Adventure With a $12.99 Ceiling
You are about to buy a Halloween outfit. You have a party in five weeks, a budget you have already lied to yourself about, and a browser tab open to […]
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Wall Text for a Very Small Exhibition: The £165 Tracksuit and Other Near-Misses
My hallway is eleven feet long and has one good light. This week I turned it into a gallery, because I needed somewhere to put the things I bought and […]
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Notice: The Cream Cardigan You Borrowed From Yourself Is Now 47 Days Overdue
NOTICE OF OVERDUE ITEM To: Me From: The part of my brain that still thinks I return things Re: One (1) cream knit cardigan, checked out 47 days ago and […]