John Barrowman performing ‘You’re so vain’ from his album ‘Another Side’, on The midweek national Lottery Draw. (14/11/07)
Month: May 2011
Breastfeeding anti-discrimination changes passed at the Federal level
The Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 establishes breastfeeding as a separate discrimination grounds; includes provisions about discrimination based on family responsibilities; and strengthens and extends sexual harassment provisions.
Thursday Cheezburger – Emo
Today’s theme is Emo.
Latest US Tornadoes
Watching the latest news of the tornado fatalities in Missouri, I think I’m starting to get a better understanding of why the most fatalistic/eschatological forms of conservative evangelical Christianity have such a hold on so many folks in Tornado Alley…. Read More ›
Why the 9 months delay?
I’ve also been waiting for one single news story on the matter to point out that it’s not just the soldiers at risk, it’s also the sexual partners of every single one of those soldiers over the last 9 months, some of whom may end up infected when that could so easily have been avoided by timely notification. So far I’ve seen nothing even mentioning the possibility.
Something to ponder…
Shock, horror, people don’t go to fast food restaurants to eat ‘healthy food’.
Femmostroppo Reader May 23, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Self-promotion is always welcome!
Vale Bob Gould, Bookseller Extraordinaire
If you imagine the stereotypical, small, dusty secondhand bookshop, enlarge it substantially and then imbue this cavern with many of the bigger-on-the-inside properties of the TARDIS as if designed by Escher you might start to get a feel for how those shops worked.
The Gingrichburg Address
Stephen Colbert gets John Lithgow to recite that baffling wafflefest Press Release of Doom from Newt Gingrich’s presidential spokesman, Rick Tyler.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s oriental small-clawed otters are brought to you by Fulla T on flickr.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Hoyden About Town 