by bethmay | Apr 4, 2013 | Humour
I was a cat in a past life. All the signs are there: I nap on my back with my wrists limp as I dream of chasing birds. I like to sit at my living room window and swat the Venetian blind cords. I’m picky as hell with food (except for fish), friends, friends of friends,...
by bethmay | Mar 28, 2013 | Humour
I experience no greater moment of awe than I do at the feet of the woolly mammoth. This elephantine creature inspires a prehistoric admiration deep within my simian being. The arctic winds he weathered. The tundra he survived. The insurmountable obstacles this great...
by bethmay | Mar 7, 2013 | Humour
HUMOUR — The sea lions of Race Rocks Ecological Reserve are not happy. In a letter to Victoria’s Mayor Dean Fortin — legible only to UVic’s Earth and Ocean Sciences department — Wolfie the 800-pound bull claimed that tour companies such as Prince of Whales Whale...
by bethmay | Feb 14, 2013 | Business | Tech
“I love you to the moon and back” is a popular phrase, but would you be able to prove it? This Valentine’s Day, a man from Paris named Sebastian will possibly come closer than any person ever has to doing so. With the help of Parisian company ApoteoSurprise, which...
by bethmay | Jan 14, 2013 | Opinions
I’m not a lifetime resident of Victoria, but I’m close to it. I’m more like a lifetime tourist. Although I didn’t start living in this city until I attended UVic, I have known Victoria since I was four. I still have vivid memories of my first visit to this...