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• Friday Hoydens: witches, hags, crones and harpies

  By tigtog on 2010-08-13 • ( 23 )

  I don’t have time to do justice to the mountains of myths about women who have positions of some status and authority amongst other women as advisors, counsellors and healers…

• Imagine no campaign press buses

  By tigtog on 2010-08-13 • ( 3 )

  How would campaigns and campaign coverage be different if a law was passed saying that no party could provide a campaign bus for the press, that journalists would have to make their own way to cover a campaign itinerary stop, assuming that the itinerary as outlined looked sufficiently newsworthy to them and/or their editors?

• Data roaming bill nightmares – any tips?

  By tigtog on 2010-08-13 • ( 9 )

  am about to google my arse off to find out how I should configure my iPhone before heading overseas later this year to avoid huge bills. Obviously turn off push notifications and turn off roaming and use local wireless wherever possible: what else?

• Today, I haz been mostly reading Eddings Elder Gods Bk 2

  By tigtog on 2010-08-12

  I was also lapping up the sunshine, at least until it clouded over about 2pm. The wind was cold and gusty, but the sunshine was lovely. I took the day off to enjoy it.

• Man of the people instinct my arse

  By tigtog on 2010-08-12 • ( 4 )

  Anybody who thinks that Tony Abbott’s decision to eschew the designated stage at Rooty Hill last night to stand down on floor level in front of the audience wasn’t pure stagecraft, cynically planned

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 11, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-08-12

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

• Election Week 4: are the LibNat wheels falling off?

  By tigtog on 2010-08-11 • ( 9 )

  We can only hope. I’ve been too crashitty-crash and in crisis mode with a couple of projects to keep a close eye on the trends for the last few days , but there seems to be a cautious optimism amongst the lefties of late.

• Greens Ad: This time I’m voting Greens

  By tigtog on 2010-08-11 • ( 9 )

  I like what the Greens have done with their ad campaigns – simple, clear and positive.

• Liberal party launch: policy salad

  By tigtog on 2010-08-09 • ( 7 )

  I continue to be gobsmacked that one of the most light-weight Oppositions in this country’s history can make so much headway in the media and the polls.

• Sudden fansquee Sunday

  By tigtog on 2010-08-08 • ( 7 )

  Realising that True Blood‘s maenad Maryann Forrester and Star Trek: Next Generation‘s Ensign Ro were both played by the same actor, Michelle Forbes. Plus…