Sadly, Feral Cheryl is no more, but Australians will have another alternative to Bratz and Barbie as of tomorrow – Australian Girl Doll [warning: annoying website sound] is hitting the shelves. It looks like the launch will be at Toyworld… Read More ›
Month: November 2008
Nominated for a Weblog Award!
Hoyden About Town has been nominated for a Weblog Award! You can give us a +1 bump in the nominations here: Best Australia or New Zealand Blog Best Small Major Blog (Authority between 201 and 300) … though it’s the… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger, and Delurking Day
Runnerup: There’s something about kitties and puppies cuddling that makes me go “aww” Bonus political macro It’s our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post… Read More ›
Congratulations to Melissa and Lauren (and anyone else whose red state went blue)
Who are both elated that Indiana went blue for the first time since the 60s! Melissa as a resident just went nucking futs, while Lauren as an expat Hoosier has a great election response roundup. More election response: Kate Harding… Read More ›
US Election ’08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat
Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›
Vote08 Liveblogging
Starting from 6am Wednesday here (which will be 2pm Tuesday US East Coast time). That should have given the polling counts enough time to show up some trends, but still enough voting time left for us all to be doing some nail-biting.
The quintessential American food?
In an IM conversation with tigtog, I started contemplating what to serve up for dinner tomorrow. We usually have a hot dog dinner on the Fourth of July, so what to serve on Election Day? My first impulse was hot… Read More ›
I’m UnAustralian redux
Two years ago I posted both here and at LP about how I’m not all that keen on the Melbourne Cup. I don’t bet on it, and I don’t deliberately watch it. As I’m not part of a socialising workplace,… Read More ›
Virtual Travelling: Sunset at Rhossili Bay, The Gower
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Slow Worm, originally uploaded by Sean Bolton. The rocky outcrop offshore is the Worm’s Head, “wyrm” being the Old… Read More ›
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