Further to comments in this thread, here’s a spot to talk about the storm. The storm follows over four months without rain in Perth. We have some damage here – porch roof destroyed with the huge hailstones, main roof leaking…. Read More ›
Day: 2010-03-22
It’s machismo time!
Regular readers know that I have a weakness for escapist action flicks, and the more absurdly preposterous the martial arts combat scenes the better. (I like to see them make an effort towards stylistic authenticity, but bring on those flywires and hidden tramps, yeah!)
Two potentially great ones are coming up very soon (released in the US in May):
Answering hand-waving with hand-waving: Donnelly, rape, and Lady Gaga
Both tigtog and I have little more than an eyeroll in response to Harradine-mentored Catholic-right NSW Labor MP Greg Donnelly’s remarks in Parliament. While Parliament tried to debate a motion about International Women’s Day, Mr Donnelly chose to take the… Read More ›
Yep, very helpful
While I have been taking the pics, cropping them in Photoshop and composing this post, that paw has varied in position from pointing to 2 o’clock to pointing to 5 o’clock.
TAS & SA Elections – March 22, 2010
Special State Election roundup!
Sunday Night Fontmonstery: Dogs As Fonts
Neatorama has a link to Dogs As Typefaces, which matches photos of dogs to particular fonts. An arched dalmatian is Courier; an alert German Shepherd (older puppy?) is Helvetica; a daschund is Fraktur; a somewhat abashed-looking bull terrier is Bodoni…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 