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“We used to break up once or twice a week,” Kudlay told Reuters, but now when they disagree, “we simply stop talking instead of packing up our things and walking away.”
In March, Einstein Café, an upscale dessert chain with outlets across the Gulf Arab States, started a fad by sell- ing its thick, milky drinks in plastic baby bottles, complete with nipples.
Fox News reported the font is popular among attor- neys, but author and web de- signer David Kadavy gets it.
They take turns taking showers and give each other privacy in the bathroom by
Andrew Almer of Fargo, North Dakota, has flown an American flag from the bal- cony of his condominium for two years, but the condo association is now demand- ing the flag be taken down because it creates too much noise flapping in the wind.
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“It’s not rude, it’s not nasty; it’s the American flag ... It’s not coming down anytime soon.”
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Associated Press reported the café was inspired by pho- tos of trendy bottles on social media, and the idea was an instant hit. People lined up at Einstein stores, they “took photos, they had fun, they re- membered their childhood,” says Younes Molla, CEO of
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“Garamond is considered one of the best fonts in ex- istence, (but it) can be a di- saster on the web,” Kadavy explained. “It’s better to use a modern font that has been drawn with the screen in mind.”
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Alexandr Kudlay, 33, and Viktoria Pustovi- tova, 28, of Kharkiv, Ukraine, are experimenting with a new way to preserve their on-and-off relation- ship: On Valentine’s Day, they handcuffed themselves together and have vowed to stay that way for three months.
Breaking Up Is Now Harder To Do For Couple
standing outside with one hand inside.
the chain, but others “were so angry they said horrible things.”
bia Circuit were advised on March 16 that the court would be officially dis- couraging the use of the Garamond typeface, a cen- turies-old font widely used in printed books, because it “can be more difficult to read,” wrote court clerk Mark Langer.
In other Weird reports:
In Dubai, Kuwait and Bahrain, the government cracked down on the new café offerings, saying the bottles violate the countries’ customs and traditions; in Oman, citizens were asked to report sightings of the baby bottle confections to a consumer protection ho- tline.
Oooh, Baby
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Almer told KVLY-TV.
Lawyers filing briefs for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Colum-
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