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• Virtual Travelling: Pause for Reflection, wherever we are

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 1 )

  It’s always irresistible when travelling with a camera, isn’t it? Any gorgeous reflections that you happen upon. Of course, some of the shots below have been meticulously planned by shutterbugs who know their local area and its lighting intimately. All… Read More ›

• Rudd’s rattling Turnbull

  By tigtog on 2008-10-20

  Kevin Rudd’s popularity has increased, with the latest Nielsen poll indicating that his handling of the global financial crisis (GFC) wins especially high approval, putting his personal approval rating at a personal best of 71%. Labor as a whole is… Read More ›

• SF Sunday: worst costumes evah!

  By tigtog on 2008-10-19 • ( 14 )

  Two to kick off: Sting’s metal budgie-smuggler from Dune, or Leia’s metalkini from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? Does it surprise anybody that leiasmetalbikini.com exists? (I didn’t bother to visit, if anyone does please report) I note in passing… Read More ›

• Calling all ozbloggers who go to live comedy shows

  By tigtog on 2008-10-19 • ( 4 )

  Write me a review for my new Australian online comedy portal – news, reviews and directory all rolled into one! It’s called Gagging For It (rimshot), and I need more coverage of shows outside Sydney. About ten years ago I… Read More ›

• Weekend election speculation

  By tigtog on 2008-10-18 • ( 8 )

  Open thread – just to keep the other open thread from being overwhelmed. It’s normally OK to discuss some political news stories on the Otterday open thread, but the election stuff tends to drown out everything else if we’re not… Read More ›

• Panicking at the last minute

  By tigtog on 2008-10-17 • ( 30 )

  What are the biggest Dos and Don’ts for a birthday slumber party for five 14 year old girls? Help!

• I don’t know what the rest of you drink for aperitifs…

  By tigtog on 2008-10-16 • ( 15 )

  but judging by how long it took for my dearly beloved to obtain a decent Amontillado sherry last night, we have the only bottle in the Inner West of Sydney. Yah boo sucks to the rest of you. So what’s… Read More ›

• FYI

  By tigtog on 2008-10-16 • ( 1 )

  The spaminator (Akismet) seems to be having a spasm of false positives lately, with a few Hoydenizens landing there for no good reason that I can tell. If your comment totally disappears when you hit the SEND button (i.e. there… Read More ›

• Thoughts that get me out of bed to blog in the wee small hours

  By tigtog on 2008-10-16 • ( 11 )

  All these news reports recently about the Bradley Effect…it just struck me: are some media using earnest explanations of said Bradley Effect as an opportunity to remind the American VoterTM that that nice Obama they’re planning to vote for is,… Read More ›

• She only lets us stay in the house because we can be used as furniture

  By tigtog on 2008-10-15 • ( 11 )

  Queen of the household, Molly.