The Herald Sun decides to mock a bereaved son for paraphrasing song lyrics in a tribute to his dead mother, just because that son happens to be a convicted murderer. Would any other person who used a line from a… Read More ›
Month: November 2008
SF Sunday: Happy 45th Anniversary, Doctor Who!
Yes, it’s 45 years since the world first saw a man travelling through time in a wooden box. (Normally I would have saved this for a Whoydensday post, but today is the Actual Anniversary). The BBC did a nostalgia page… Read More ›
Quick hit: Aboriginal languages are like Deafness, and condoning either is “criminally insane”
Eric Brodrick from Alice Springs has a piece in Crikey this week titled “What’s the Pitjantjatjara word for computer?” His argument boils down to this paragraph: Not being able to speak the major language of a country is a disability… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
Odie the five month old North American River Otter was rescued from his dead mother and grew up at the Texas State Aquarium. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything… Read More ›
Quick Hit: Australian Democrats dead in WA.
Western Australian branch of the Australian Democrats, which failed to field a single candidate in the last election, has decided not to contest the electoral commission’s challenge to prove that they have 500 paid-up members. I wonder how membership numbers… Read More ›
If you can’t beat ’em, then get your own YouTube channel
Monty Python and Led Zeppelin have decided to make high definition recordings of their most popular material available on YouTube. Python seem to be reaping the rewards in a boost to their DVD sales, because as their introductory clip below… Read More ›
“A change in attitude led to my CFS cure!” – a rant
I don’t share Made in Melbourne’s optimism about this piece in the Age, Layne Beachley’s “Beating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”. (Yes, she’s selling something – her book and her sports clothing brand.) Beachley writes: Relief finally came when I sought treatment… Read More ›
CFK Childcare collapsing: How many women will lose jobs?
Another for-profit childcare corporation, CFK Childcare Centres Limited, has joined Eddy Groves’ ABC Learning in collapse. CFK has (had?) 43 childcare centres across New South Wales. 4000 children and 500 staff join the 1200 staff and 120 000 children whose… Read More ›
Linkfest.
via Sylvia P, these, erm, C-string “undies”. Twenty nine euros apiece. Speculation abounds on Twitter about how they work – like 80s snap bracelets, we’re thinking, though there are other theories. Nezua suggest that they stay on adhered by pure… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
Bonus LOLWho!
Hoyden About Town 