dreaded lurgy blogging
So, this week autumn has come to Sydney. The waterbed heater has been turned on, and the winter doona is on the bed. The kids are sleeping in long-sleeved-long-legged pyjamas. The skies are that brilliant autumn blue that only comes with ice crystal refraction in the upper atmosphere, but the days are warm, with a [...]
Full Story »Town v Gown
There’s a gang-rape case in the States that’s being much blogged about – 3 players from Duke University’s champion lacrosse team allegedly raped/strangled/sodomised an exotic dancer who had been booked to perform at a party while over 40 of their team-mates allegedly looked the other way. The dancer and her companion had been told that [...]
Full Story »Best. Hoyden. Evah.
Y.T. Skate-Kourier thrasher teen superbus. (The following book report is ending-spoiler-free.) Quite a few people told me I should read Snowcrash because I love science fiction. Why did none of them tell me I should also read it because one of the main protagonists is a fabulous hoyden, in and out of thrilling adventures and [...]
Full Story »What’s better than
going to see the anarchic stylings of a surreal, almost dadaist, comedian in the art-deco surrounds of the Enmore Theatre? Seeing the anarchic stylings of a surreal, almost dadaist, comedian whacked out of his brain on horse-tranquiliser strength painkillers after his motorbike accident, that’s what. Imagine the strangest scenario you can involving Stevie Wonder and [...]
Full Story »Why oh why?
There’s been another shooting incident in Granville, in the same street as last week’s double murder. Police are calling for residents to come forth with any information, especially those in the Middle Eastern community. So far, not a sausage. The reason noone’s coming forth wouldn’t have anything to do with this, would it? MONEY stolen, [...]
Full Story »Where’s the champers?
We saw an astounding sight in Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens yesterday after our picnic. No, not the non-blogger Birdman above – that was an unexpected heartwarming sight (the sulphur-crested cockatoo that can just be spotted on the other side of the Birdman’s ponytail walked down his outstretched arm to intimidate the crested pigeon into flying [...]
Full Story »Er, it’s a bit windy out there
despite how calm and chipper the weatherpixie in the sidebar appears. However, I’m going to the picnic as promised anyway. It’s always worth wondering around the Botanical Gardens. See you there, Morgan and Tim? And anybody else who’s secretly planning to come? Details here. Related posts: BFTP: So, how does one tell the axe-murderers from [...]
Full Story »You keep using that word – I do not think it means what you think it means
Pick either word: theory or evolution – creationists don’t have a clue what they mean. A theory in science is not a guess or speculation, despite how the word has been bastardised in sloppy general usage – a theory in science is a rigorous testable model of an observed phenomenon. And the creationist misconceptions of [...]
Full Story »Well howdy!
Thanks to Larvatus Prodeo, Deltoid, Personal Political and Morgspace pimping my posts about the Sydney Bloggers’ April Fools’ Picnic tomorrow, and fellow Oz-feminists Kate and Helen getting all sisterhoodly about me on their blogs, and fashion roadkill spotter extraordinaire Spirit Fingers linking to me last week, I now have about three times more readers than [...]
Full Story »Skepticism and Autism
The 31st Skeptics’ Circle is up at Terra Sigillata. Biotech, alternative medicine, climatology, religion and more. My favourite post is by Dick about his personal experiences with The Fleecing of the Autism Community. “These frauds sell crap, preying on the concern of parents for their children. They guilt us by saying, “Wouldn’t you do anything [...]
Full Story »Hepburn and Mephistopheles
…is the title of an essay, actually an obituary, that I came across while searching out some images of the estimable hoyden-about-town Katherine Hepburn. Oh. My. Spag. Just read the caption in the obituary for this photo below, which is carefully nearly neutrally phrased, but the actual article leaves one in no doubt that trouser-wearing [...]
Full Story »Names can never hurt me?
Snapped in traffic and gone ape on another driver? No worries, just tell the judge that the nasty nasty driver called you a bad name. A DARWIN man who grabbed a woman in a road rage attack has been let off because he thought he had been racially taunted. [...]But Mr Daye was cleared of [...]
Full Story »Configurator: superhero or supervillain name?
I ask only because, having seen a couple of the latest models cruising Sydney streets in the last weeks, I just discovered that Bentley Motors offers a Configurator service, so one can have one’s Bentley configured precisely to conform to one’s exquisitely refined taste in muscle cars. I could never financially/morally/ecologically justify owning such an [...]
Full Story »Yes, we do need feminism
Some people might be wondering about the reality of the dangers facing the Sierra Leone female athletes who are seeking asylum in Australia, fearing female genital mutilation and/or murder if they return home. (The male athletes have different fears for their safety, based on continuing violence in Sierra Leone involving brutal street deaths of anyone [...]
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