Entries Tagged as 'vancouver'

Look, Tooth Fairy, here’s the deal.

February 9th, 2010 · 127 Comments

“My wife and I have been busy lately,” writes Sean in Vancouver, “and we forgot to get the newly-lost baby tooth from under my daughter’s pillow. We finally remembered a few days later. When my wife went in to slip some money under the pillow, I could hear her trying hard not to crack up.” [...]

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Tags: kids · p.s. · signed with love · vancouver

Make an effing wish

June 25th, 2009 · 93 Comments

Rachel spotted this on a frat house fridge in Champaign, Illinois, adding: “Said fridge was indeed revolting.”

Meanwhile, Helen swiped this from an equally revolting frat house in Vancouver. Adds Helen: “The reason why it is so ripped up is because a frat boy saw me steal the note and we fought for it for a [...]

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Tags: canada · cleaning · fratboys · fridge · roommates · university · vancouver

On jamming

April 1st, 2009 · 205 Comments

This note is so goddamn beautiful that if i just saw this floating around on Digg or something, I’d probably assume it was fake. And yet, Marta in Vancouver swears it’s for real.
She explains: “The guy who lives in one of the basement suites in our house left this on our front door after we [...]

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Tags: TLDR · canada · crazypants · music · neighbors · noise · vancouver

Silent protest

January 27th, 2009 · 101 Comments

Tara in Vancouver organized a meetup for “progressive, radical and lefty librarians” at a place called Subeez Cafe. It wasn’t until afterwards — when she took a look at the contact sheet she’d passed around — that she realized at least one attendee was less-than-pleased with her choice of venue.
“They didn’t complain to me directly, [...]

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Tags: politics · spelling and grammar police · unsolicited feedback · vancouver

there will come soft pains

July 7th, 2008 · 239 Comments

this bit of poetry is brought to us by alex in vancouver, an innocent observer on the scene.

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Tags: drizzunk · noise · roommates · sleeping · thanks (but not really) · vancouver

be more of a people’s person, ok?

October 30th, 2007 · 94 Comments

(from beyond robson, via miss604)
perhaps scott should give anytime stan a call?

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Tags: canada · farewell letter · office · vancouver