It’s been a while since I showed you some art. The lad is showing all the signs of being a budding stationery lover. He recently raised quite a bit of money in the school Fun Run (he’s also showing signs… Read More ›
Year: 2008
Thursday Cheezburger
And a bonus election-week addition!
Quick hit: reaction to the NTER review board report
Good summary here of attitudes towards the intervention: AUSTRALIA: Indigenous People – Approach Still Paternalistic
Whoydensday: Best Lines?
The creator says: we are going to run down through 20 of what we believe are the best lines from all four seires of doctor who starting with series one… Enjoy Did they get all your favourites? Or should they… Read More ›
Australian Internet Censorship in the Media: EFA Chair on the Morning Show
Dale Clapperton, Chair of the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), appeared briefly on Channel Seven’s Morning Show today, discussing internet censorship. I didn’t manage to record the introduction, as I was caught by surprise and there was a chainsaw buzzing outside… Read More ›
The Unilever Files: Still Wishing That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle
Via The F-Word: this Pot Noodle advertisement is back. You’ll NEVER GUESS what company makes this. Unilever. Hard to believe, I know. They have no history of bigoted advertising at all, do they?
My Top 5 Scary Movie Moments
I was contemplating those burned-in movie moments. The ones from horror flicks I saw as a child or young adult, the ones which I just can’t shake. I couldn’t find video of all of them, but here are a few… Read More ›
Pick up that damn breastmilk! “Army Wives” and Masculinity
In the wake of my mildly controversial decision to like Little Mosque on the Prairie, I’m going to up the ante and say that I also don’t mind Army Wives, when I can screen out the heroic-soldiers-deploying-to-Iraq side of things…. Read More ›
Birthwatch: Coached pushing robs babies of oxygen, Brazilian C sections, and joyful birth
[from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Transcript here.] A couple of articles have been sitting in my Journalwatch pile for a goodly while now, so here they are. “Effects of Pushing Techniques in Birth on Mother and Fetus: A… Read More ›
Election Watch: only 1 more week
http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swfCindy McCain Claims She’s “Just Like Any Other Female Human” The video above is from the revamped The Onion website. Check it some of their new stuff. What is striking you about the Obama & McCain campaigns as they go… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 