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• Structural engineering in pursuit of the model rigid bust

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-05 • ( 25 )

  Everything about this bra description makes me think, “I really wouldn’t want to ever wear that”. “The same engineering that holds up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has been used in the Jeunique bra” “Jeunique bras are healthy… Read More ›

• Letter to Santa

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-04 • ( 20 )

  The lad’s school did a letter to Santa as a writing exercise this week. Here’s the Lad’s, hot on the heels of the Great Smiley Conjunction:

• Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-04 • ( 21 )

  How could I go past Vortex Kitteh? Runnerup: Hooman Saved Me. It’s our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite macro, introduce yourself,… Read More ›

• Seventh Down Under Feminists Carnival is Up!

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-03 • ( 1 )

  The inimitable Queen of Thorns at Ideologically Impure has produced a dazzlingly sassy Down Under Feminists Carnival: “Miss QoT’s Guide To Keeping Sassy In A World Gone Mad” Check it out now! The next Down Under Feminists Carnival is in… Read More ›

• Linkoree

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-03 • ( 4 )

  Eureka Street: The nun and the burqa, by Bronwyn Lay I wonder how a fully garbed nun, living a reclusive life of prayer and consenting to the authority of a male Pope/Bishop, would fare. I doubt the nun would be… Read More ›

• LibrarianLazyWeb: Books of mythology from current dominant religions?

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-02 • ( 18 )

  I’ve been poking around looking for books of the basic Bible stories and of stories including the basics from the other current prevalent world religions, but (a) told in a form suitable and engaging for a primary school kid who… Read More ›

• The Web isn’t like movies

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-02 • ( 10 )

  Clive Hamilton, “public intellectual”, has been banging on about how wrong wrongitty wrong anti-censorship advocates are. Clive has been stampily regurgitating the mantra of the censors: “I have heard no one argue that films, television, books and magazine should be… Read More ›

• The Great Smiley Conjunction

  By lauredhel on 2008-12-01 • ( 15 )

  I’m sure there are better photographs of the Great Smiley Conjunction out there. But this is mine, taken mere moments ago; and that’s what makes it special.

• Pirelli 2009 calendar hits every -ism in the book

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-29 • ( 23 )

  Warning: most of the images below the cut are wildly offensive, racist, and contain strong sexualised violence triggers. The same applies to all of the links in this post. Sociological Images features some photos from Pirelli’s car-tyre calendar. The calendar… Read More ›

• Thanksgiving harvest

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-29 • ( 6 )