Don’t ask me why, but I’ve been contemplating fairy mythology in kidlit and TV, specifically fairy proxies like The Fraggles and The Borrowers. This idea – that there is a whole world of tiny, wise and/or mischievous creatures, that are… Read More ›
Year: 2007
Friday Fluffy, thoughtful bloggers, the cute factor and FOOD
image from NYT This image is for Penguin Unearthed, who kindly included me in her list of bloggers who make her think a few weeks ago.
The Card’nal Pell eau d’ordure
From an opinion piece that I missed back in February, by Sydney’s Cardinal George Pell titled Scaremongers: “Global warming doomsdayers” are all wrong because, amongst other things, “January also was unusually cool.” Meanwhile, from people who took actual measurements (emphasis… Read More ›
Equality, all packaged up (Open obstreperation thread)
originally uploaded by LT See the comparative superheroine art at I Read Comics: Equalism Then check out the broken-back barbies in the Oh, Just Stop It. Now. post. Longstanding readers may remember a post on my original tigtogblog linking to… Read More ›
This is what a godbag looks like
It’s not a term I use that often, but this is the simple definition of godbag that I just added to a jargon file today: godbag – religious authoritarian, theocrat That’s always what the word has meant. There are, sadly,… Read More ›
Draft Blog Reader’s Code of Conduct: Don’t threaten to rape and kill her.
I can’t help thinking that this whole brouhaha over O’Reilly’s proposed “Blogger’s Code” is begging to be re-jiggered along the lines of that “Don’t rape her” meme from a while back. So, my draft Blog Reader’s Code: * If a… Read More ›
Feed the FAQs?
Updated to add: if Haloscan eats your comments over at FF101 or you have any other problems commenting there, please leave your FAQ suggestions in comments to this post. Further Update: apparently many workplace networks block Haloscan. [more] I’ve just… Read More ›
McBrickWall on Mother’s Milk
Further to this post about a family being threatened with removal from a Ronald McDonald House for breastfeeding – in the eating area – with one twin post-op from brain surgery and exclusively on breastmilk – and with their banishment… Read More ›
Kurt is in heaven now
is what noted skeptical humanist, Kurt Vonnegut, wanted us all to say on his death, with a wry smile of unbelief. I don’t know much more to say than that, which is why I haven’t said anything for days since… Read More ›
The jolly good, totally safe for work PG trailer for 300
Puppies! Flowers! Caketown! Video under the fold:
Hoyden About Town 