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• APOD goes dancing

  By tigtog on 2008-07-23 • ( 4 )

  A couple of weeks ago I featured Matt Harding, who put up video on the internet of himself dancing, sometimes alone and sometimes with others (often a huge crowd) around the world. Today, that’s the Astronomy Picture of the Day’s… Read More ›

• Can’t blog

  By tigtog on 2008-07-23 • ( 5 )

  The house is in desperate need of a can’t-wait-for-spring-cleaning cleaning.

• A better future

  By tigtog on 2008-07-22 • ( 4 )

  My daughter found this on one of her fanfic communities, and mentioned it to me the other day. I’m rather excited by the notion that ideas like this are circulating amongst teens in what might appear to outsiders to be… Read More ›

• Kristen Schaal is brilliant

  By tigtog on 2008-07-22 • ( 4 )

  Kristen Schaal, as seen on Flight of the Conchords, is now the “senior women’s issues commentor” for Jon Stewart’s Daily Show. http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml H/T Unapolegetically Female via RH Reality Check

• “we can’t take American assurances that they do not torture detainees at face value”

  By tigtog on 2008-07-21 • ( 1 )

  Story: British MP’s raise torture concerns So some politicians have finally noticed that when one group of people define torture so that it includes waterboarding and another group defines torture so that it excludes waterboarding, then the word torture itself… Read More ›

• LOLpology

  By tigtog on 2008-07-20 • ( 7 )

  I may regret this. I am venting at a bullying hierarchy, not the body of believers. I don’t find religious beliefs persuasive, but see no need to insult believers in general. The Vatican hierarchy is another matter entirely – I… Read More ›

• The Papal apology for clerical abuse in Australia

  By tigtog on 2008-07-20 • ( 8 )

  Kim has some excellent analysis of where it fails to hit the mark over at LP. Two major problems: the setting of the apology (a mass for seminarians and clergy/religious orders only) reflects an inward focus on dealing with abuse… Read More ›

• Oh, the hilarity

  By tigtog on 2008-07-20 • ( 3 )

  British stand-up comedian Russell Brand rings the Nottingham police from the stage of his show, and hoaxes them by saying he’s seen a man who might be the serial sexual assaulter whom they seek. He then issues an “apology” about… Read More ›

• Beats me

  By tigtog on 2008-07-19 • ( 3 )

  Ganked from comments at Sadly, No!. On July 18, 2008 at 18:47, Percy ‘Mad Dog’ Plumflute said, Poster on the global warming “hoax” thread: I believe the only reason we’re in a cooling period is as a result to the… Read More ›

• So, the hols are nearly over

  By tigtog on 2008-07-19 • ( 3 )

  Lauredhel and I will have more time for the bloggings next week! I’d like to thank the marvellous Guest Hoydens who contributed posts over the last few weeks: bluemilk The prolific Fuck Politeness Helen Mindy Ricky Buchanan Why not peruse… Read More ›