It would not bloody kill you to go and run somewhere other than the clifftop-walk between Tamarama and Bondi Beach while it’s full of crowds viewing the annual Sculptures By The Sea exhibition. You do not own this piece of… Read More ›
Year: 2008
Otterday, and Open Thread
Today’s outrageously cute baby otter was snapped by cb1979 at the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Do check out hir lemur photos, too. Lemurs are almost as awesome as otters, and it’s an odds-on bet that when I run out of otter… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Rayyan Hamoudi from Little Mosque on the Prairie
It’s hard not to have a soft spot for Canadian television. Little Mosque on the Prairie, now in its third season, is a half-hour Canadian sitcom created by Zarqa Nawaz. The Little Mosque of the title stands in a fictional… Read More ›
Feminism Friday: Right Wing Women, Sarah Palin, and Me
Beppie is a PhD student who reads feminist blogs to help her procrastinate think. I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about Andrea Dworkin’s Right Wing Women, a book that asks why so many women choose (or apparently choose) to live… Read More ›
Quick hit: Lying lies and the lying liars who tell them: “Abortion-for cash”
I’m not trusting myself to come up with words here, so here’s a quick hit on what the forced-birthers in Australia are up to right now. Put sharp objects down before reading. Emphasis is mine. Discuss. “Loophole allows baby bonus… Read More ›
Wild claims Hysteria Enthusiastic commentary on internet censorship: Ludlam in Senate Estimates
[edited 24/25/27 Oct 2008 to update Further Reading list and keep the links roundup up to date.] Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has been trying to extract information on the new internet filtering plans in Senate Estimates committee. Here’s the transcript,… Read More ›
How about some truth in advertising, Australian Tourist Bureau?
From ninemsn via wtf_nature, this bird-eating spider. The photos are alleged to have been captured in a backyard in Atherton, in north Queensland (inland from Cairns). The spider: a Golden Orb Weaver. The bird: a native finch called a Chestnut–breasted… Read More ›
Kidlit report: Never Tease a Weasel, and Danny the Champion of the World
Among the giant pile of books we currently have checked out of the library are these two, both of which are skating close to five stars for me. This is a terrific picture book. Never Tease a Weasel, by Jean… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
Close runner-up: “Teehee“
Plucked from the wire: blogs are dead, dancing boobies, detention debt, NSW health, and Oz net use
Blogging is dead, long live multimedia-sharing and Twitter Wired says blogs are dead. Blah blah linkbait, blah blah everyone’s on Twitter these days, blah blah. Read it if you can be bothered. Most amusing moment: the author complains that blogs… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 