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• Femmostroppo Reader January 4, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-01-04 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss in this first linkfest for 2011? I could have filled it with retrospectives/resolutions alone. Leave your own interesting links/retrospectives/resolutions in comments.

• Facetious Observation Of The Day

  By tigtog on 2011-01-02 • ( 7 )

  Tell me, pop culture vultures, is not the villainous Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) in Die Harder – is he not absolutely the celluloid lovechild of Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ed Harris in The Right Stuff?

• BFTP: If bare midriffs and short-shorts really made athletes run faster

  By tigtog on 2010-12-31

  then this is what the male sprinters would be wearing.

• Signal Boost: Jon Swift Memorial Round-Up 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-31 • ( 2 )

  The year-end Blogger Round Up lives on – honour Al Weisel’s memory by reading, bookmarking and/or contributing to the collection of self-nominated favourite posts from 2010.

• Femmostroppo Reader December 30, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-30

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. Lots of retrospectives as the year draws to its end. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• BTFP: Wet summer

  By tigtog on 2010-12-30 • ( 5 )

  This repost is part of our Summer Slowdown revisiting of the archives. This post was originally published in 2007, at the time of the last La Niña event affecting Australia.

• Whoydensday: Series 6 Preview

  By tigtog on 2010-12-29 • ( 15 )

  This preview was broadcast on BBC One immediately following the 2010 Christmas special in the UK (and what did you think of that, eh?). Those who don’t like teasers/spoilers might like to avoid this thread.

• Femmostroppo Reader December 27, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-28

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader over the Xmas break. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• BFTP: Am I being too much of a snob?

  By tigtog on 2010-12-27 • ( 18 )

  Am I saving myself as much time and possible grief as I think I am when I refuse to read their blog if I click on a commentor’s profile and find that they’ve listed The Da Vinci Code as a favorite book?

• Quicklink: Thank you Auntie, thank you!

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24 • ( 5 )

  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