three potato four

I love creeping the Three Potato Four site/blog and imagining what great antique finds I could snap up and stash in my place. This week 10% of their sales will be donated to rescue efforts in Japan. I mean, it would be silly to NOT shop there now right??

post secret

Here are some of my favourite Post Secrets today:

I felt this way about the dogs of ex'es. You miss their dog more than you miss them.

This one cracks me up because it could have been sent in by me.

my new fave site

My co-worker sent me this site today and I'm totally addicted. It's called I Bang the Worst Dudes (Sorry Mom) and is a site where girls can upload stories about their most horrific conquests. Sleazy? Sure. But it's hilarious and will make you feel better about even your worst experience. Below is are some blog-friendly G-rated samples:


"This trendy hipster douche gave me multiple American Apparel v-neck shirts over the short 2 weeks we apparently “had a relationship” and practically forced me to wear them when we had sex. Not to mention he once blamed his inability to get it up on the fact that I played CDs when we had sex which “really turned him off since CD’s don’t have the rich warm tones of vinyl.” He can go ahead and talk about LPs and skinny jeans with someone else. "


"This guy always made us bone to the soundtrack from the Disney Movie “Aladdin”. Even worse, the CD skipped terribly, and he would stop and throw random objects at the stereo to make it play. After we were finished he would go to my fridge and drink an entire two-liter bottle of pop. Wow. "


"This dude blamed his studies, his rough childhood and most of all his hopeless funk band for not “being able to give me anything,” in bed when he failed to deliver. The only memorable thing about the mediocre sex was him insisting on being called “The Manimal” in bed. Half a year after I gave up on him he started sending me a slew of sensual self-portraits."

so pretty!

Even though I can't afford anything on the Orla Kiely website I keep going to it cuz the page opening is SO pretty!!!! The colours, the flashing -- I feel like a baby mesmerized by the TV! And then the pictures! So pretty and whimsical and blustery-day like. I want to hang out with those girls in those clothes in that coffee shop. Kay let's watch the beginning again.....

Six String Tara and Dennis

So back in October I mentioned that my boss and I got our pictures taken with the Six String Nation guitar at the O.C.F.F conference in London. Well Dennis got the pics today and I thought I'd share them with folks cuz they're fun and we were crazy excited to pose with this amazing instrument. It's been played by everyone you can think of and made up of pieces of Canadian history that took 10 years to collect and it was an honour to be included in its travels. Here is my original post about it:

Getting my picture taken with the Six String Nation guitar and having Jowi Taylor bring it to our Northern Ontario showcase for the artists to play. I'll post the pic when I get it. 5000 people have played this guitar (Gordon Lightfoot included) made up of pieces of Canadian history (wood from a seat at Massey Hall, copper from the Parliament library, gold from Rocket Richard's 1955 stanley cup ring, nickel pellets from Sudbury yay!, wood from the Bluenose, wood from Paul Henderson's hockey stick, wood from Pierre Trudeau's canoe paddle, and many other historic places and people).

Anyway, here are some of the pics from our session. If you ever get the chance to see it please make sure you do. It's a work of art and Jowi Taylor is not only pouring his heart into this project but is also one of the nicest guys you'll meet in this industry. He hosts "Global Village" on CBC Radio, a pretty kick ass world music show. So big thanks to Jowi for kicking us in the butt to get our photo taken. Sorry if we acted like 5th graders on picture day....

Photos: Doug Nicholson/Six String Nation