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Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Librarian Pickup Lines:
So... they say Dewey had a harem, care to help me start mine?

I'd catalog you under "Desirable!"
You'd find me in the RC560.S43's!
I do collection development for 613.96

The Art Of Dating

Bowling is noisy, hiking hurts and personal ads are full of liars. Singles groups in churches are fine for church members, which leaves out most of Seattle. To score at the gym, you have to be obsessively fit and willing to talk about triceps. What's left?
Art museums across the country are beginning to realize that they are the hip new version of a lonely hearts club. Scrambling to fill the role they didn't know they had, they are increasingly open at night and making space for dining and dancing. In Seattle, all of the area's major museums are open till at least 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and nearly all are trying to enlarge their piece of the seeking-soul-mates market.

· Lonely hearts find a new venue to practice the art of the pickup [Seattle Post-Intelligence]