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• Merry Christmas!

  By tigtog on 2007-12-25 • ( 3 )

  This was taken on our big holiday last year, in the picturesque resort town of Fagernes, Norway. I’ve been hanging out to turn it into a Xmas card ever since. Merry Christmas all of you, and thank you so much… Read More ›

• Hurrah for bookshops with internet!

  By tigtog on 2007-12-24 • ( 1 )

  I can now check my email and make brief posts! I’m thoroughly enjoying my time with the rels etc except for the lack of the internet, and I am medicating my distress with copious lashings of seafood and wine. I… Read More ›

• It’s Not Any Patriarchy, It’s Just Biology (yeah, right)

  By tigtog on 2007-12-20 • ( 15 )

  This is an early Feminism Friday post, as I won’t have time to write anything this long again until the New Year, probably. This post has been edited for clarity since it was first published. A thread disrupter is trying… Read More ›

• They think we can’t smell them a mile off

  By tigtog on 2007-12-19 • ( 3 )

  This guy tried to post in one of our other threads, and because there was a distinct whiff of racist arsehat about his comment, it wasn’t published. We have no interest in our regular commentors being confronted with offensive remarks… Read More ›

• About Time

  By tigtog on 2007-12-19

  Pavlov’s Cat has written a Meme for the Middle-Aged: finally a blog-meme which doesn’t include a single teenage hipster reference. Hurrah! I won’t get around to it until the New Year probably, but I do intend to have a go…. Read More ›

• One year ago right now

  By tigtog on 2007-12-18 • ( 5 )

  I was on a plane to London. We left late at night on the 17th our time, and arrived in London first thing in the morning on the 18th their time. Near our hotel we found a TARDIS (it looked… Read More ›

• Io, Saturnalia!

  By tigtog on 2007-12-17 • ( 4 )

  For those of us who like the Winter Solstice holiday season to last as long as possible, starting the celebrations today for Saturnalia is a top-notch idea. It also gives me an opportunity to post my favourite astrophotography image, seeing… Read More ›

• Carnival Against Sexual Violence #37

  By tigtog on 2007-12-16

  has just been published at Abyss2Hope. There’s a link there to Lauredhel’s post “Naughty little girl”, explains rape apologist Crown Prosecutor in gang rape of ten year old girl , amongst other discussions of the recent furore over the sentencing… Read More ›

• Duncan Fine talks sense on BMI

  By tigtog on 2007-12-15 • ( 7 )

  It’s not anything that our readers familiar with Shapely Prose don’t know, but using the BMI as the sole determinant of whether someone is overweight or obese is a really unreliable measurement. Given the hysteria this week about Australia’s “obesity… Read More ›

• By the time you get to the byline, one detail will not surprise you

  By tigtog on 2007-12-14 • ( 11 )

  —The author is a screenwriter (single) who divides his time between London and Los Angeles Thanks (I think) to RPG for the link, who was incoherent with rage. This guy is the poster child for Arsehat Central, and the shame… Read More ›