Harry Leon Crawford
When hotel cleaner ‘Harry Leon Crawford’ was arrested and charged with wife murder, he was revealed to be in fact Eugeni Falleni, a woman and mother, who had been passing as a man since 1899. In 1914, as ‘Harry Crawford’,…
Octopus Lunch
I’m not sure if this is getting any global kind of coverage, although I think it has the potential to go viral. A local Victoria resident took some photos of a giant pacific octopus grabbing a seagull and slowly dragging…
Some Stoic Photos
Because these photos don’t truly illustrate his size, here is a photo of an anatoalian shepherd standing next to a man. They are huge.
Oh look, a tattoo!
Ben got a tattoo on Thursday and I don’t have much to write about so here’s a photo of it to keep things rolling around here. And since we’re on the subject, here’s a picture of the only tattoo I…
In detail: How my mom turned a crappy old cabinet into a really awesome accent piece
My mom wrote up a description of the steps she took while distressing that cabinet she gave me, complete with in-progress pics. For those of you who are crafty, here it is for your enjoyment! There are lots of posts…
DIY project: Distressed cabinet
For my birthday (even though my birthday was actually over a month ago, this just got delivered yesterday), my mom did something pretty amazing. She bought a used cabinet online and transformed it from this: Into this: Sorry for the…
Ben’s secret talent: Making the best home-made garlic bread in the world.
(Rose’s secret talent: Using the smudge tool in Photoshop as a weak attempt to hide the fact that Ben is in his boxers.) Also, how much do you love my cutlery? I bought them several years ago when I first…
The latest in the world of interesting things
What happens when a 35 year old man retakes the sat? Yes, I absolutely stole this from kottke. Jason is the master of finding cool links. What makes this article awesome is not the topic, but the writing, which is…
Recipe for Coconut Lemon Cookies
I had a dream last night that I had to make chewy lemon cookies. I think the dream was brought on because I’ve been oogling this recipe for weeks, but the instructions and ingredients are so complex that I can’t…
First good haircut in… a year? two years?
I’m a little embarassed to post this extreme close-up of my mousy little face, but I got a good hair cut and I might as well immortalize it with a before and after photo, right? I’m so happy with my…
Clients from Hell
Life affirming moment: Going to make yourself a mug of hot water at work and finding a collection of these mugs staring at you.
Storms
Victoria had a windstorm the other night and I didn’t really think it was all that bad but apparently it was because our neighbour’s balcony got ripped off: (Photo Credit: Times Colonist)
Cute
The critters you see in these pics are wild chipmunks that live in my folk’s backyard. Using a few simple techniques, I was able to get them to socialize with us on a regular basis (and certain chipmunks would even…
Winter day in Victoria
Or maybe it’s early spring. Ben and I went for a run this morning and I wanted to play with the free snapseed download I got from Starbucks a few days ago.
What I’m reading about
Number One: The Manchineel Tree I’m pretty obsessed with this thing. I’m currently re-reading The Swiss Family Robinson, one of my favourite childhood books which, in retrospect, was a really weird book for me to like as a kid. One…
