“I am rather an opinionated person I suppose,” Nothing I could write could do justice to Margolyes the way this transcript from the interview she did on Enough Rope does, although the simple transcript doesn’t give you the sense of… Read More ›
Month: October 2007
Feminism Friday: Like a puke party in the Barbie factory
We’ve long known that there are regular games and toys, and there are girls’ games and toys. Here’s a pile of the latest puce spew, mostly via Yehuda. Pink Playstation 2. Comes bundled with Singstar Pop, of course. As well… Read More ›
Capacity, utilisation and peak demand
In our last big discussion at LP on problems in the public health system (regarding the Coalition plan to initiate a revamped hospital training program for new nurses) a lot of us pointed fingers at the bean counters as the… Read More ›
“The Random Lunchtime SMS Romance”
Cheers to whoozqueen, who has agreed to let me copy this SMS conversation here. I have edited it to change the names only. Apparently, you can’t even take a wrong number SMS these days without getting hit on. I can’t… Read More ›
Ennervening the spouse
We test-drove small turbodiesel cars yesterday and today. Yesterday, the car we drove was an easy-driving car with decent performance. Today, we drove a car that took me back to my youth of hanging around with Rally Car Clubs, and… Read More ›
I See A Great Need.
[Image from here. Cap by me.]
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 ›
Hoyden About Town 