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  • Friday Hoyden: Elphaba

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    A mile above Oz, the Witch balanced on the wind’s forward edge, as if she were a green fleck of the land itself, flung up and sent wheeling away by the turbulent air. That is the opening sentence of the… Read More ›

  • Friday News Links Dump

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    It’s all over the TV news here in Australia this morning, though I can’t find video online, but here’s a picture gallery of the Amazing Shark Rescue Mission, where the marine scientists from the Gold Coast’s Sea World park led… Read More ›

  • Highlights from the Hierarchy for WYD

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    Shorter Cardinal Pell: If you agree to a candlelight dinner then you’re just asking for it, aren’t you? How could sex later be rape? [link] Shorter Cardinal Pell: It’s totally OK to tell a clerical abuse complainant that they’re the… Read More ›

  • Spoiler thread: DWS4 finale

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    Just to contain any spillover from today’s Whoydensday post, which will remain spoiler-free. *Begin Spoiler Space* *Don’t click if you are avoiding spoilers for Season 4 and especially the finale* *Torchwood S2 too*

  • Whoydensday: Aware of all Internet Traditions

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    Simply because it’s been a whole month of all-encompassing internet traditions now (here’s a short explanation), and I’m angling to be featured on the blog. Although I carefully made it very non-revelatory – (obviously something is happening to Donna, but… Read More ›

  • Scary hands

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    I just watched a bunch of kids at a school holidays kids’ club playing a tipping/tagging game – the one where originally there’s only a single “it”, but as they tag others to become “it” they all have to hold… Read More ›

  • The whatever-happened-to dept: actor division

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    Fred Thompson is not the only former Law and Order cast member to attempt a run for President of the USA in ’08. Michael Moriarty, who once had the part of prosecutor Ben Stone in the series (1990-94) is also… Read More ›

  • Sunset by Turner

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    This was taken on a sunset whale-watching cruise last Friday evening, off Port Macquarie. It had been overcast all day, but the sky cleared just before we went out except for leaving enough clouds in the west to produce this… Read More ›

  • Big Brother gets the boot

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    Channel Ten’s dropped the show. Endemol thinks they can sell it to someone else. Really?

  • SF Sunday: hmmm

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    Having been away on hols all week, I haven’t really thought this SF Sunday through. I did read at least halfway through my collected stories from James Tiptree Jr though (and caught up with the latest Torchwood eps), so does… Read More ›