Despite the gym boom we are fatter than ever.
This piece from Mark Dapin in the SMH details how despite the growing number of gyms in Sydney the population is still, statistically, becoming fatter. Usually I like Mark Dapin’s writing, it is funny and usually about himself and his experiences as a father, husband, writer and lover of roundabouts (the ones in the middle [...]
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So who won’t be flying Virgin until they make seat-to-seat delivery opt-in?
Do you want your airline encouraging strangers to use their inflight “entertainment” system to send their fellow passengers unsolicited gifts of drinks or food (with all the accompanying expectations) in a metal cage high in the air from which there is no way out?
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Otterday! And Open Thread.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
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RocKwiz and other seasonal delights
Sydney has moved into my favourite season for this city – autumn. Bright blue skies, crisp mornings and balmy days: and in the evenings, some better TV…
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Reminder: Cherchez La Femme comes to Sydney this Sunday night (April 21)
Cherchez la Femme comes to Sydney for the first time! It’s 5pm to 8pm, Sun April 21 at the Vanguard, 42 King Street, Newtown. If you’re in Canberra, Cherchez La Femme will be held tomorrow night, Tue April 16, from 7pm at The Front Gallery & Cafe 2012 , 1 Wattle Place, Lyneham, $15 at the door.
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Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s Open Thread is hosted by two wee otters. The first, from Chester Zoo, was shared on flickr by Steven Feather. The second is this sleepy, cuddly pair of Oriental Short-Clawed otters, shared by yasa_. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in [...]
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The words people cling to
Full Story »The important point here is that we shouldn’t accept superficially casual dismissals of ‘vocabulary wars,’ ‘fetishization,’ or ‘language policing.’ We should look closely at the words people cling to with the most tenacity, even as they try to sound blas? about it..
Media Circus: Thatcher Dies edition
I despised everything Margaret Thatcher stood for and used her power to achieve, but I’m finding some of the gleefully vindictive misogynistic epithets being chucked around by purported progressives is acting exactly as such micro-agressions are meant to act – I feel a chilly climate surrounding my participation in public discussion as a woman. As [...]
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Otter Day! And Open Thread
Welcome to Otterday. First up we have an adorable baby otter in a gumboot. This river otter at Little Pend Oreille Wildlife Refuge looks like it is having a tough day. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to [...]
Full Story »Friday Hoyden: Bernadina van Tiel
I was watching a repeat of Schools Spectacular 2012 the other day, and folks, this girl. This girl. Her name is Bernadina, she was eighteen when she performed this, and she is about to blow your socks off.
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Sexless frumps
Australian men become, after a certain age, sexless. It’s as if they give up on their appearance once they’re into their fifties and they just look awful. So says comedian Lawrence Mooney and I don’t think he was trying to be funny. He was talking on the fabulous Agony of Life, Adam Zwar’s latest series [...]
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April Whimsy
Is there any such thing as too much chocolate? Is this teeny puppy the cutest thing you have seen today? Is this a rabbit? Really?
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