tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55983508775052195992024-03-20T16:25:06.751-07:00Chivalry AliveChivalry Isn't Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619459287515236636noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598350877505219599.post-1667669863234979832011-02-14T18:52:00.000-08:002011-02-14T18:52:03.680-08:00cupcaking as a single man<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">so a lot of people are down and out because it’s valentines day; it’s these same people that are calling it “singles awareness day” </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">well that’s what i call it too, but i look for the silver lining in the day. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as i sat down with a good friend this morning for a bagel and tea, i told her that when you’re in a relationship, valentines day is only about making that one person in your life feel special. for me, being a single man it’s about making all the women in my life feel special and that someone cares about them; because frankly i do! </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>chivalry isn’t dead</b>: in fact it’s very much alive. when i picked up my friend who recently became single this morning i showed up with 3 flowers from the bush outside my house and the radio on an oldies station blasting “build me up buttercup!” </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">why did i do this? because i know it made her day just a little bit better. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">you can do the little stuff, like stealing flowers from the bushes in front of your house or that neighbor who meticulously manicures her roses; or you can go big, like leaving a flower on the door knob of every girl in the dorms that you know so they have something to wake up to on valentine's day (yes i did do this. and if you’re looking for cheap roses, costco is the place to go.)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">have a happy valentine's day.singles awareness day.cupcake sandwich day or whatever the heck you want to call it. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh, and for the cupcake sandwich? well, this picture might explain it the best. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://createdbydiane.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-make-best-cupcake-sandwich.html">cupcake sandwich </a> (supposedly a good way to eat a cupcake on the run)</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">p.s. for full description on how to make a cupcake sandwich, click on the caption above. </div>Chivalry Isn't Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619459287515236636noreply@blogger.com0