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• Cyclists riding safely and legally, motorists driving less so

  By tigtog on 2010-11-23 • ( 2 )

  Drivers were at fault in 87 per cent of incidents with cyclists and most did not realise they had behaved in a reckless or unsafe manner,

• Femmostroppo Reader November 22, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-11-23 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• The Pope and condoms – don’t get too excited

  By tigtog on 2010-11-22 • ( 3 )

  Despite some of the reports out there in tabloid land about the Pope “ending the ban on condom use” he actually has done no such thing.

• Kate Harding nails it

  By tigtog on 2010-11-21 • ( 2 )

  A USAmerican couple have put up a website asking the Internet whether they should choose to complete her pregnancy or terminate it. Of course it’s a pro-life/anti-choice stunt,

• Gratuitous Kid Bragging Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-11-21 • ( 19 )

  I am so proud of her for walking her own path here. What wonderful things have kids who you love been up to lately?

• Friday Hoyden: Luna Lovegood

  By tigtog on 2010-11-19 • ( 1 )

  AKA The Harry Potter #7 movie review

  Just a short one, and I’m aiming to be spoiler-aware here for those few who haven’t actually read the book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

• Femmostroppo Reader November 19, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-11-19 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you’ve been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Quicklink: Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle

  By tigtog on 2010-11-19 • ( 5 )

  Fred Vogelstein, parent of a child with epilepsy that’s been unable to be effectively controlled pharmaceutically, describes his family’s positive experience with a ketogenic diet as a treatment regime: a diet that involves a whole lot of fat in a restricted calorie regime that requires measuring food in fractions of grams. The whole story behind this increasingly accepted but horrendously complicated to manage treatment is a fascinating read.

• Jacaranda time!

  By tigtog on 2010-11-19 • ( 13 )

  All over Sydney, there’s gorgeous patches of pale purpley-blue.

• Thursday Cheezburger: …zzzzzzz

  By tigtog on 2010-11-18 • ( 4 )

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