THE LEFT LANE
Days of whine and roses: romance rates
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Other loving factoids: Nine thousand couples a year apply for marriage licenses but don't use them. Ninety percent of women marry at some time in their lives. Thirty percent of men kiss with their eyes closed, but 97 percent of women. Lovemaking burns 8 calories a minute. (Doesn't seem fair, does it?)
Sentiments straight from the hearts
Look for something new to be etched across those mini candy hearts that have become Valentine's Day favorites. The New England Confectionery Co. in Cambridge, Mass., which makes 8 billion Sweethearts Conversation Hearts a year, has introduced 10 new sayings. This year's theme is the importance of education. Coming to a heart near you: "Let's Read," "Whiz Kid," "Wise Up,"
"Book Club," "Teach Me" and "Write Me."
At UH, all's fair in love and condoms
Sex education takes the form of fun and games today at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Campus Center, where Condom Fair 2003 kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Activities include a condom relay, condom toss, Pop Goes the Condom, love-and-dating Pictionary games and condom rose-making. This is the 14th annual Condom Fair at UH.
Moral is: Make love, not war against Iraq
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The local reading of "Lysistrata," directed by Joyce Maltby at 7 p.m. March 3 at The ARTS at Marks Garage, is part of the international Lysistrata Project, in which theater artists from Honolulu to Munich, Germany, will raise their voices in protest through their art.
The character Lysistrata, played by Eden-Lee Murray, is one of a group of women who attempt to force the end of the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their mates. The Lysistrata Project was originated by New York actor Kathryn Blume. Proceeds will benefit Not in Our Name Hawaii, a nonprofit anti-war organization.
