Imelda Marcos' Shoes

The Marikina City Footwear Museum in Manila contains hundreds of pairs of shoes, many of them found in the presidential palace when Imelda and her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, fled the Philippines in 1986.


"This museum is making a subject of notoriety into an object of beauty," Mrs Marcos told reporters.

"They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes," a smiling Mrs Marcos said, wearing a pair of locally made silver shoes for the day.

BBC News, 16 Feb, 2001

The Joy of Easter

The Easter Bunny catches an Eleanor.

A Tribute to Ed from El

Why did you climb Everest?

Because it was there.

It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Well. We knocked the bastard off!

Eleanor brings you a scene from Dracula

Dracula (played here by Cathy) attempts to suck the blood of the helpless female lead (Eleanor). Critics received the performance well although some questioned the set design.

Sleep

She looks cute. I think most people looking at this picture will think so. One of the things that changes as you get older is that you don't look cute when you're asleep. If this was a picture of me asleep you'd think:

• Hairy
• Drool(y)
• Why is he holding a bunny rabbit?

It's a shame you aren't allowed to take soft toys to bed when you're older.

An evening with friends

Our last night in Auckland.

A great evening with great people.

Water play

Why do people at creche* say "water play"? Don't they mean playing with water?

Woman at creche - We encourage lots of water play

Apeman - Water play?

Woman at creche - Yes. Playing with water.

Apeman - (guessing) Do you also encourage lots of

foot play?

Woman at creche - Foot play?

Apeman - (explaining helpfully) Playing with feet.**

*This photo is not at creche, it's at Anna and Owen's lovely place north of Auckland and Eleanor is playing with Ruby (and with water).

**This is an imaginary conversation. I'm too much of a wimp to actually say this kind of thing.