Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires, with the exclusion noted above. [See our other Otterday if you want to talk about that celebration some people have on the 25th!]
Today’s otter, Mazu, is an orphaned Congo Clawless Otter, rescued and hand reared with assistance from the International Otter Survival Fund.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. [See our other Otterday for Xmas-free chat!]
Today’s otters, who live in the Prospect Park Zoo, are having fun opening their cheerily-wrapped Xmas boxes and finding fishies inside.
Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special fast-tracked so we actually get to see it Boxing Day! Whee! Set those recording devices to TARDIS – Sunday, 26 December at 7.30pm on ABC1
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
A feminist narrative can be constructed, I think, even if it has to do its work within the constraints of a quite conventional romantic tale. Here are the top 10 reasons I think The Sound of Music has a place in a Hoyden’s video library:
A combination of financial strain, families spending more time together, and increased alcohol consumption contribute to the rise in figures. It is timely then, that this month NSW Minister for Women Jodi McKay launched a new website to offer information and practical support to victims of domestic violence and their supporters.
Parking and pathways and seating? This is a piece of cake. This is public design 101. It should be something that is an essential part of building new playgrounds and of upgrading existing ones.
But no one is bothering. People with disabilities are supposed to be the passive “cared-for”, not active carers.
“highly educated women should quit their jobs in order to guide and “sculpt” their husbands to professional triumphs” – I don’t have a subscription to Madison magazine so I can only assume that it is real, not a tongue in cheek article. I’d love someone to prove me wrong – about the article that is. I don’t think I’m wrong in thinking this is a bad idea.
1. DADT repeal bill signed. 2. UN resolution condemning extrajudicial killings reinstates sexual orientation clause. 3. Sady Doyle gets a good night’s sleep.
Today’s LOL theme is: it is the season to be surly. Shopping, travel, compulsory hilarity, office parties getting you down? Cheezes are grumpy too!
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