[Image from here. Cap by me.]
Year: 2007
Always suspected it
Stephen Fry is a geek, and now he’s blogging. The first post is an (exhaustively) comprehensive review of the iPhone and its competitors, and his second post is on the nature of fame. They are long, which is why he… Read More ›
Anathema on lazy cafes
Ugly, ain’t they? When I am paying damn good money for something hot and wet, in a cafe which has 15 different ways that one can have one’s coffee, you better believe that I expect you to make up a… Read More ›
Never too early to start your fetus wearing a tinfoil colander
Today’s Useless Baby Gear: Mummywraps! Planning your family, or baby already on the way? You want the best for your child, but how can you protect your precious bundle of joy against the potentially harmful electrosmog that swirls invisibly around… Read More ›
Fat-hater wankstain du jour
Big Fat Deal reports on a chappie who thinks it’s a Splendid! Shiny! New! Activist! Idea! to start printing up and handing out Fat Tickets. He wants the world to start handing out these tickets, with the revelatory message “You’re… Read More ›
Just a spoonful of polyphenols…
[Image from Milk And Cookies. Check out her other recipes while you’re there, especially the orange and date tart.] The latest in chronic fatigue syndrome symptom control? 45 grams of dark chocolate a day. The effect was small, but the… Read More ›
Urban Clown Posse, Avian Division
This morning, a pair of sulphur crested cockatoos decided that my neighbour’s citrus trees desperately needed pruning. They were chopping off branch-tips 30-40cm long, and throwing them into the air. Oranges and lemons were also snipped to plop noisily on… Read More ›
I forgot the blogiversary!
I first moved to this URL in August 2006, and I started blogging at the old digs on the 10th of September, 2005. Thanks to those who encouraged me to start blogging in the first place, and to all those… Read More ›
Jill nails it
I’ll take voting rights over a knight in shining armor, thanks.
And that’s the thing with chivalry: It always demands something in return.
Kate Harding plug
Kate Harding, one face of the “obesity crisis”. I haven’t done any Kate Harding plugs for a while, and that’s been a bit remiss of me. Kate has a delightful commentariat, no doubt through her excellently executed comments policy, and… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 