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• Dolphins blowing bubble rings

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-25 • ( 3 )

  Did you all know about this, and just not tell me? Seaworld dolphins blowing bubble rings with their blowholes, and playing with them! And teaching each other how to do it! This has made my day. Or maybe my week…. Read More ›

• GP of the Year sees patients as people: This shouldn’t be news

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-25 • ( 4 )

  I’d just like to take a moment to excerpt an MDA magazine interview with Dr Christine Boyce, who was awarded GP of the Year 2008. Dublin-trained, Boyce practises in Tasmania. She has specific interests in teaching and in adolescent and… Read More ›

• Yet another comparison of lactation to the Reich

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-25 • ( 7 )

  A number of people have contacted me wondering whether I’m going to say something about the Atlantic Monthly article. I think it’s had way too much oxygen already, and I really don’t want to devote hours or days of my… Read More ›

• TV Tuesday: Battlestar Galactica spoiler thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-24 • ( 19 )

  Battlestar Galactica is done and dusted! This is a thread to discuss anything and everything about the full run of BSG, including the finale. Please, no spoilers for future spin-offs.

• TV Tuesday: Dollhouse spoiler thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-24 • ( 45 )

  Further to Otterday conversations, this is a thread to discuss episodes of Dollhouse that have aired up until now in the USA. Please, no spoilers for future episodes.

• Pareidolia

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-22 • ( 9 )

  No leaf tea today, but anyone want to read my coffee cup? Or buy it on ebay?

• WA Milk Bank: 470 premature babies served

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-21 • ( 5 )

  I love a story that brings a smile to the face! The West reports that my local breastmilk bank, the Perron Rotary Express Milk Bank, has seen 830 litres of milk go through its doors since it started in August… Read More ›

• Otterday! And open thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-21 • ( 43 )

  Today’s North American river otters were spied among the ice on the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. Boston.com continues: The Charles River Watershed Association hailed the documented presence of otters so close to Boston as a mark of important progress…. Read More ›

• “Virgin auction” solicitors back on Melbourne campus today

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-19 • ( 29 )

  A couple of days ago, the “ViRGINS WANTED” [link removed] filmmakers were asked to leave the Monash University campus after putting posters up in student areas. The filmmakers are attempting to recruit two virgins[1] to sell their virginity online, and… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger – Movie Classics.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-19 • ( 7 )