About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Feb
21
2013
Faces From the Beyond
It’s taken me three days to take a package out of my mailbox from my brother. He spent a whole weekend transferring videos he had found in the deep, dark boxes of his life. They were footage of my mother from the three years before her death. We weren’t a video family. She died in ’99, [...]
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Feb
05
2013
My New Blog
Okay, I’m officially distracted, but the good news is: I’m writing a lot! It’s my shiny new blog about living here in Victoria, my new lifestyle, and my photography. Please take a look if you’re looking for MORE OF ME! Whee! It’s called “Van Isle Style.” http://vanislestyle.com/
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Jan
17
2013
Memories of the Peripheral Dead
A friend who keeps her Facebook locked down pretty tight shared about how a 31-year-old man was found dead of methadone overdose in his cell not too long ago, and how the man was once a boy whose file came across her desk when she worked in a law office. “He didn’t stand a chance,” [...]
Jan
09
2013
Vancouver’s Waldorf Hotel Is Closing
UPDATE: Apparently the new owners (condo developers by trade) don’t take the building over until September. The current owners have hiked leases. The folks managing the place are the ones taking off on the 20th. The present owners claim business as usual will continue after the 20th. Any changes to the building would likely entail [...]
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In a few days, I’ll be wringing my hands with glee before I give an awesome plush dinosaur to a 6-year-old boy I know, and a hippo to his little sister. The notion of being surrounded by giggles and silliness for a couple days before Christmas has struck me as a great thing for a [...]
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