Hoyden About Town

Recent Posts - page 395

• How utterly bizarre

  By tigtog on 2008-12-11

  The Guidelines page has just disappeared. I edited it only last week, perhaps I did something weird, but it’s not there any more. It will be back sometime soon, but in the meantime apologies to anyone who was looking for… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-11 • ( 7 )

  Runnerup: “Do I look like the blue bird of happiness?” Post your favourite cheez-o’-t’-week here. [Use a link to the full page or the embed code, not just the image, and wait for admin image magic.]

• Quick hit: New Centrelink “equality” to hit older lesbians the worst

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-10 • ( 35 )

  SMH: “Gay couples to face new era of financial discrimination” Adele Horin December 6, 2008 A major achievement of the Rudd Labor Government is the recent passage of historic legislation to remove discrimination against gay and lesbian couples from dozens… Read More ›

• The impossible beauty of Jessica Alba

  By Guest Poster on 2008-12-10 • ( 117 )

  Author: fuckpoliteness, who lives in Sydney and wants the world to make more sense So I saw Jessica Alba’s Campari Calender shots. And wow. They are gorgeous photos and she looks stunning. The next day I saw a similar shot… Read More ›

• What the fuck, ABC?

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-09 • ( 43 )

  Next up in my “What the fuck” series is ABC’s “AM” programme. Today’s show was titled “Caesarean rates surge“. [emphases are mine] Tony Eastley’s introduction: The number of pregnant women requesting caesareans for psychological or social reasons has increased by… Read More ›

• Telstra not playing with Conroy’s Web filter

  By tigtog on 2008-12-09 • ( 3 )

  I’m sick of everybody calling it an internet filter when it’s only a Web filter for a start, so my own little blow for public understanding that the Web is not all of the internet starts here. A filter that… Read More ›

• Oh ffs are they serious?

  By Guest Poster on 2008-12-09 • ( 29 )

  Mindy, regular commentor Ralph Magazine planned to give away free inflatable boobs with their next issue. Unfortunately the shipment seems to have been lost at sea. How sad. On another topic, I really shouldn’t have let myself watch the SBS… Read More ›

• Remove liquids from vicinity of keyboard before watching

  By tigtog on 2008-12-08 • ( 26 )

  You think this publicity picture is naff? Wait until you see the whole video (if your bandwidth can stand it, get the full hi-res effect by choosing the BIG option). via Helen in comments at LP.

• Focus: Design

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-06 • ( 5 )

  Stephen Colbert this week looked at the case of Jerilea Zempel, a fibre artist who was arrested at the US/Canadian border a couple of months ago – for having drawn an SUV. The drawing was a base sketch for a… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-06 • ( 36 )

  This cool character was grabbed by FreeSpirit5 on flickr. 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… Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›