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writer, singer, webwrangler, blogger, comedy tragic | about.me/vivsmythe

  • Bless her dainty hooves

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    If you listen very hard, you can hear the typing of a million sociology theses/dissertations about online social networking sites, crunching the data and waving the allegories. It’s pretty obvious that the various Special Interest Groups (SIGS) who have thousands… Read More ›

  • Sydney has finally joined the club

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    The club of cities where one sees people casually commuting to work on their Segways, of course. I don’t think it had anything to do with APEC or President Bush being in town: after all, he certainly seemed to be… Read More ›

  • The mantle of Galileo

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    “Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right.” — Robert Park This quote was presented in comments at Pharyngula some months ago now, reacting… Read More ›

  • Non-sequiturs

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    I’ve just forgotten what I was about to blog. In the meantime: A few moments ago I accidentally stepped backwards on to my cat’s paw. She yowled and then leaped several feet around the corner, so that she could glare… Read More ›

  • Good luck, Janet.

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    Kids lose out when dad works long hours EMPLOYERS should help fathers leave work early to spend quality time with their children, a parenting expert says. Janet Cater believes disruptive and difficult children often feel abandoned by fathers who work… Read More ›

  • Something to remember the next time someone warns “we’ll all be rooned”

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    No smoke signals a boom for pubs, clubs NON-SMOKERS have flocked to pubs since they went smoke-free in July, a government survey has found. And public support for the smoking ban is at an all-time high. Remember the campaign against… Read More ›

  • Spring

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    .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSC_0004, originally uploaded by tigitogs. Did I mention I got a new camera? One of the… Read More ›

  • Friday Hoyden: Helen Mirren

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    From an interview by Louis B. Hobson of the Calgary Sun, Sunday, January 26, 1997: Mirren warns that people shouldn’t confuse her with the stately and staid characters she often plays. “I’ve always been a bit of a wild thing… Read More ›

  • Oh yeah, hit that strawfeminist harder, she’s still standing up

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    Men’s News Daily is at it again. They are totally twisting the important part of Jessica’s post, so in the quote below I’ll helpfully hightlight it for you in boldface. If you read the whole post and the comments, you’ll… Read More ›

  • “I don’t even recognise this country any more”

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    I was going to write about the latest bit of blackhearted Howard government jackbootery regarding the indigenous population of the NT, but Pavlov’s Cat has already said everything I would have said much more eloquently.