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• Secular Sunday: Christopher Hitchens v. evangelical sophistry

  By tigtog on 2009-04-12 • ( 8 )

  Ah, Christopher Hitchens: so flawed in so many ways, but he sure knows his way around arguing theology. For anyone frazzled by the ramped-up proselytising around this time of the year, this radio interview offers some solidly logical responses to many of the common arguments you may come across.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 12, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-12

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed About Your Issues… April 12, 2009 – great post from piny about trans-fetishes In Which I Refuse to Put the “Sex Ed War” to Rest April 11, 2009 – Quote: “Lessons… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 11, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-11

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed HiHo, To Work We Go. More Fun Research. April 11, 2009 – Groan – more twisting of language Missing the Point on Teen “Sexting” Cases April 10, 2009 – It’s not… Read More ›

• Skeptic quickhit: homeopathy

  By tigtog on 2009-04-10 • ( 3 )

  Reworked (with the artist’s permission) from a poster featured on Orac’s blog.

• Ottersealionday Open Thread – Long weekend edition

  By tigtog on 2009-04-10 • ( 7 )

  Happy first-weekend-following-first-full-moon-following-vernal-equinox Celebration!

  Do baby sea lions get Eostre Eggs? This little darling was born at Taronga Zoo in Sydney recently and has just this week been able to leave the pup creche and come out into the larger sea lion habitat.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 10, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-10 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess : The Illegals Steal Our Jorbz!!! April 10, 2009 – Isis smacks down some stupid rhetoric yennenga: Asian Women Carnival #1 April 10, 2009… Read More ›

• A couple of interesting articles: whither Web Design?

  By tigtog on 2009-04-09 • ( 6 )

  These links strike me as topical given the response to the Queensland sex education website: quite a few of us hated the look of the site. But are we looking at it through old media eyes?

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 9, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-09

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed I Write Letters April 8, 2009 – Yes – this annoys me no end as well. The Trouble with Coraline April 8, 2009 – SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS – but great post… Read More ›

• Wot I did in Melbourne (by tigtog, age 45)

  By tigtog on 2009-04-09 • ( 15 )

  It was a work trip, reviewing comedy shows, so I was out every night doing exactly that. This meant that I missed a by all accounts legendary blogmeet on the Friday night – if I’d been organised enough to get a phone number or two I could have at least joined in the portion of it that rocked on after midnight, but who knew it was going to be that huge? Nabs will have to get me nissed as a pewt another time – maybe next year.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 8, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-08 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed (lots of links today, after a catch-up when I got back home yesterday – so I’m putting them behind a cut):