Troy Buswell wanted to be the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party. Now, his “dream is in tatters”, according to a news.com.au report. Buswell has been dinged for snapping open the bra strap of a Labor Party staffer, in… Read More ›
Month: January 2008
But if we value it, we actually would transform what it’s like to age
Why is the number of medical specialist geriatricians in the USA declining so sharply at a time when the population is aging so rapidly?((And is the same thing happening here in Australia, and elsewhere in the affluent West?~tigtog)) Below is… Read More ›
Emotional Manipulation
Source: Tom Toles in the Washington Post
Free Lizard Cunnilingus for All Female Backpackers!
Courtesy of The Worst Of Perth blog, which today warns us to beware of amateur signwriters:
Just for Kate: Macquarie Word of the Year vote
[image source] The Macquarie Dictionary is running their Word Of The Year 2007 vote. Thought it really should be called “Word Or Phrase Of The Year 2007”. Not all of these originate in Australia, of course, but they were all… Read More ›
Friday Fun: Hoyden in Wonderland?
Har. Which Alice in Wonderland character are YOU?created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Cheshire Cat You scored the Cheshire Cat! You are quite a cheerful sort although you can be very cheeky to others. You like to stir up trouble… Read More ›
Universal Smartarses Cooperative
Just a bit of fun, yer ‘onor. Every now and then I feel the urge to “play the Troll card” or “play the Bored card” on certain discussion threads i.e. point out that another commentor has grown tedious in one… Read More ›
Two cubic metres down and counting
That’s how much unneeded clutter was hauled away from my driveway this morning, courtesy of my council’s Free Booked Waste Collection. How much do I love not having to pay for a skip and then have the stress of filling… Read More ›
Surfacing
Yes, it’s more pictures from Tasmania! This dolphin and its blowhole was part of a large pod in Adventure Bay on Bruny Island – there must have been at least 50. Unlike the usual mid-grey bottlenose I see occasionally around… Read More ›
Words Mean Stuff: thorny language
Y’all know I’m picky about words. Dismissing a verbal or textual argument with that piffly lip-noise and a snide “Oh, but that’s just semantics” doesn’t do it for me. Semantics is meaning, and when you’re using words as persuasion, meaning… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 