Premier-elect Colin Barnett has just announced his Liberal minority-government Cabinet for Western Australia, which includes three National Party members and one Independent. National leader Brendon Grylls, who kept the state on tenterhooks waiting to see who he would throw the… Read More ›
Year: 2008
Thursday Cheezburger
Runner-up.
Can’t blog
Weeding, belatedly pruning the bougainvillea, fixing the garden trellis (not the one supporting the bougainvillea, the one supporting the honeysuckle and the Peace rose).
Linkfest: wheelchair dancing, acafandom, Declare Yourself, and “This ain’t rude”
In “How Do Wheelchairs Work? A Word to Choreographers”, Wheelchair Dancer writes an open letter to non-disabled choreographers on the “replication” of disability, and how not to work with dancers who use wheelchairs. ~~~ For acafans – those interested in… Read More ›
In which each generation thinks it invented sex; and on chlamydia and prostitution
The young’uns always think they invented sex, don’t they? The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Oral sex is on the rise”. The Australasian sexual health congress in Perth has been told oral sex, once the exclusive domain of sex workers,… Read More ›
Whoydensday: the perennial question
The Guardian’s got a casting thread for the 11th Doctor! […] It was suggested in comments to the Guardian article that the casting probably needed to be a bit left-field, pointing out that neither Ecclestone nor Tennant were the obvious choice to play the Doctor at the time they were cast. So, any more out-field ideas?
Virtual Travelling: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Dog Story, originally uploaded by Flint-Hill. Does this look like a rural idyll or what? Do… Read More ›
Election Watch: Open thread
As well as the US elections in November, we have elections coming up in New Zealand (also in November) and Canada (in October). Hoydenizen Deborah is guest-blogging at Larvatus Prodeo with NZ election coverage, onya Deborah! An election ad for… Read More ›
Collapsing banks and markets: what now?
It’s hard to get a handle on exactly what the collapse of Lehman Bros along with the takeover of Merrill & Lynch means to the world economy, along with the rescue package for Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac. Obviously to… Read More ›
Quick hit: Here we go again
Author: Mindy is a regular commentor around Australian blogs and a contributor to the eclectic For Battle! group blog. What will amount to a public enquiry into abortion in Australia is likely to be approved by Federal Parliament today. Story… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 