July 2011 – Page 4 – Hoyden About Town

Today in Slices of Awesome: One Man Disney Movie

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 5 )

I’m not sure that one person having this much fun is legal, is it?

A friendly looking anthopomorphised cat of adult size is holding the hand of a small child while they walk together across a pedestrian crossing

I wish to make a deeply heartfelt apology to all motorists

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 15 )

In the wake of Elevatorgate, I realise that in habitually engaging in threat/risk-assessment vigilance every single time I cross the road, I have actually been doing you all a most grave injustice.

Google+ thinks I blocked 23 people before I even joined?

By tigtog on 2011-07-18 • ( 5 )

I don’t remember telling any googlethang that I didn’t want to interact with one person, let alone 23! Especially when some of you in that “blocked” group are actually some of my favourite people?

Tech Tip: is your domestic WiFi secured?

By tigtog on 2011-07-18 • ( 6 )

Do you know how to check whether your home wireless internet service is secured or open for your neighbours to use, and if it’s not secured do you know how to make it secure?

a character from the TinTin books, looking angry and with symbols meant to denote swearing/cursing surrounding him

Sunday Insult Collection

By tigtog on 2011-07-17 • ( 20 )

So, what particularly creative insults have you heard lately?

Femmostroppo Reader July 16, 2011

By tigtog on 2011-07-16

Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2011-07-16 • ( 28 )

Look at these little otterfolk! They were snapped by Growl Roar at the London Zoo, and shared on flickr.

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

L-R:Gaye Adegbalola, Andra Faye, Ann Rabson all holding megaphones

Friday Hoydens: Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women

By tigtog on 2011-07-15 • ( 6 )

Saffire was an acoustic trio of uppity blues women who performed together for 25 years from 1984-2009.

More Elevatorgate: cornering, uncongeniality and warning flags

By tigtog on 2011-07-15 • ( 34 )

Ironically, no one hates high pressure sales tactics more than skeptics. We can’t stand it when a sales associate gets in our face and uses cheap psychological tricks to try to make us buy stuff we don’t want. We take it as an insult to our intelligence. We resent it.