Footage via Reuters, of men competing for the most “extravagant” look (no journalist commentary) at a competition organised by the Eastern Bavarian Beard and Moustache Club. Jury member Thomas Zauener explained that there were “different categories: natural beards, moustaches and… Read More ›
Month: April 2008
Roundup: 2020 summit
There hasn’t been as much coverage of the summit around the blogs as I expected (not yet anyway). LP has had plenty of threads, of which I think the standout is this one. TimT suggests that the photo of Rudd… Read More ›
Carnival of Radical Feminists
The Thirteenth Carnival of Radical Feminists is now up at Shut Up, Sit Down.
Quick summit observations
Edit: My Blogging Against Disablism day contribution on this issue is now up here: “BADD: The radical notion that people with disabilities are people, and Australia’s 2020 Summit” ~~~ A couple of things I noticed about the Health section of… Read More ›
Contraceptive implants for disabled Aboriginal 12-year-old girls
Quick hit, because spoons are low, but I don’t see this being discussed anywhere: There are reports that 12-year-old girls with disabilities in rural/remote Aboriginal communities are having implants placed with questionable or non-existent consent procedures, and minimal discussion of… Read More ›
APOD: Running Messier’s Marathon
When I retire I’m going to become an astronomy geek. Explanation for the photo below from APOD. Image Credit: Amir Hossein Abolfath
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: La Bohème at Paddo’s Chauvel Cinema
Conductor Nicola Luisotti; Production Franco Zeffirelli; Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, Quinn Kelsey, Oren Gradus, Paul Plishka Despite our ill-health, mr tog and I managed to drag ourselves to pick up our tickets (booked weeks ago) and… Read More ›
Apropros of a discussion taking place somewhere else entirely
Sorry. In-joke. Forget you saw anything, including the couple of revisions of this short post. Instead: what do you think of this list of 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time? (Via sweetmachine at Shapely Prose.)
Friday Hoyden from fiction: Jo Marsh March, Little Women
How old were you when you first read Little Women? I think I was about 8, and I was utterly typical: Jo was my favourite. Was anyone unenraptured by Jo March on reading the book? What about portrayals on the silver screen or the box?
Typical MND misrepresentation: shame on you, Glenn Sacks OK, his explanation does make sense after all
Alert blog-readers may have noticed that many blogs, including this one, use a “cut” or “more” tag on longer posts, so that only the first few paragraphs show on the main page, and to read the full story one needs… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 