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• ooh, what a giveaway

  By tigtog on 2008-10-27 • ( 5 )

  When the hyperventilators about the homosexual agenda in the US describe the prospect of gays in the military as “radical social experimentation” “thereby disrupting military readiness and unit cohesion”, do they simply not realise that many other countries around the… Read More ›

• Where would your eight homes be?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-27 • ( 13 )

  Saw this meme over at Cara’s and as she doesn’t tag people, I’m just taking it. For those who have not been paying obsessive attention to the US election details, it’s a reference to how many homes the McCains own… Read More ›

• Genes for gender identity?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-27 • ( 28 )

  I find the implications of this research (Scientists find a gene for the transsexual experience) absolutely fascinating, but can also already see how it’s going to be spun by the evpsych pseudoscience brigade in their continual battle to tell women… Read More ›

• SF Sunday: success by stealth?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-26 • ( 13 )

  The best rant on io9 this week: If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season’s biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson novel Anathem, adamantly classified as Not Scifi? Because nerd… Read More ›

• Wag of the finger for some of the runners of Sydney

  By tigtog on 2008-10-25 • ( 4 )

  It would not bloody kill you to go and run somewhere other than the clifftop-walk between Tamarama and Bondi Beach while it’s full of crowds viewing the annual Sculptures By The Sea exhibition. You do not own this piece of… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: Guess Who’s Guesting?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 6 )

  Update: Oops – forgot that some people might not like casting spoilers. Moving the casting rumours to the end of the post behind a cut. The title of the Christmas Episode has been revealed: The Next Doctor. RTD is mucking… Read More ›

• Obstreperation round-up

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 3 )

  Just the most recent posts from my feed-reader that have made me stroppy: Yarl’s Wood staff steal legal guide from asylum seeker from The F-Word Blog by Jess McCabe Anti-choice website: Being a teen mom is cool! from Feministing by… Read More ›

• Hitchens on Palin

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 3 )

  Watch how a real maverick works. The emphasis on experience is in many ways the wrong one (rather as it has been when directed at Sen. Barack Obama). The problem with Gov. Palin is not that she lacks experience. It’s… Read More ›

• So when did you last back up your computer?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 4 )

  Luckily, mr tog did a full back up only two days ago. He clicked on the site which rebooted his computer and installed something evil on his boot sector late last night. Seeing as his is the primary computer for… Read More ›

• Election Watch: only two weeks to go for the presidential poll!

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 4 )

  Photo of the Week: the McCain funnyface. Video of the Week: Palin on Saturday Night Live. Canadian election: Stephen Harper is PM again New Zealand election: still got 2 and a half weeks of campaigning to go, with their polling… Read More ›