So, I just got my tickets for Ross Noble in the Cracker Comedy Festival. I’ll probably also go to see Jackie Loeb, who I worked with a few years ago when she was going through a totally undeserved career slump…. Read More ›
Month: March 2006
Go go Gadget Mars
Some guys have essentially invented a tricorder that’s going to Mars in 2009. I heard an interview with a team leader, Robert Downs of the University of Arizona, on tonight’s Science Show. Based on the Raman spectrometer, which gained for… Read More ›
ObOscars
I find the actual awards show tedious, but I like the red carpet fashions purely for the inevitable faux pas. I try to avoid this overused word, but really, it’s pure schadenfreude at its most indulgent. I want to see… Read More ›
Anglican head criticises Guantanamo
I’ve got a lot of time for the current Archbishop of Canterbury.
Cancer Screening – Benefits and Harms
I just finished listening to the third part of a report on ABC’s Radio National Health Report programme, which is always a fascinating listen. This piece was apparently on last year also and I missed it, and all I have… Read More ›
Scruples galore
Kevin over at Sufficient Scruples has a series of posts on abortion rights in the USA at the moment. Go on and check them out. Anti-Choice Blogger Takes a Deep Breath, Sadly Concludes That Women Have to Die For His… Read More ›
Lies about cheese crucial to War on Terror
This is an old story from 2004, but let’s lay it out for those that missed it last time, as Firedoglake reminds us that this man has a habit, and he can’t seem to kick it. George Bush can’t even… Read More ›
Chemicals are our Friends 1: oh but it’s Natural 0
Those who know me well online are aware that whenever I hear anybody utter the “it’s natural so it must be good for you” line I am fond of muttering darkly about whether they’d like a cup of fresh-from-my-pesticide-free-garden foxglove… Read More ›
Bad feminists, no biscuit for you
Stephen Mayne seems to be busy thrashing some strawfeminists lately – because “they” are not speaking out about the things he thinks they ought to. Unfortunately this does not appear on the Crikey! website, just in the daily newsletter. Sexist… Read More ›
Not happy, John
The only thing I’ve found remotely amusing about this past week’s hagiography of the Spinrat’s 10 years as PM is that the union demonstrators in Sydney last night were able to make enough noise that he had to use the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 