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• So I cross another business off the OK to buy from list

  By tigtog on 2007-05-30 • ( 4 )

  Crossposted at Larvatus Prodeo I blogged a few days ago about the recent Nandos ad, the blatant sexism of which means that I won’t be eating their food. I’ve previously blogged on why Dolce and Gabbana and other businesses that… Read More ›

• Procrastinations

  By tigtog on 2007-05-30

  This is the first in an occasional series: as I find especially appealing timesinks I will share them with you all. The first: The Paper Art of David Callesen: A4 Papercuts (Callesen’s index page)

• There’s an Office of the Messiah

  By tigtog on 2007-05-29 • ( 1 )

  It’s in Tasmania. Terence from the Office of the Messiah in Tasmania sends Richard Dawkins (and cc’s PZ Myers) long emails pointing out their multitudinous errors. Breaking News Be advised that the awaited Messiah and Divine Saviour and Just Leader… Read More ›

• A middle-aged woman with a hammer

  By tigtog on 2007-05-29 • ( 2 )

  makes teenage boys very twitchy. All I had to do was hammer in one nail into the timber frame of a prop for the high school musical on the weekend and I had a helpful young man offering to do… Read More ›

• The interblog ventures, continued

  By tigtog on 2007-05-29 • ( 3 )

  I’m going to have to start writing proper posts more often. Along with the Blogocracy Round Robin initiative (see previous post), which was a welcome workout, I’m also going to be guest-blogging at Feministe for a week at the end… Read More ›

• 1Q: Does the country really change when the government changes?

  By tigtog on 2007-05-28 • ( 5 )

  Updated to change name of post (this interblog round robin will all use the same post title to aid searches) Tim Dunlop is introducing a new feature where a round-robin of ozbloggers will respond to a question on a current… Read More ›

• New to the blogroll

  By tigtog on 2007-05-28 • ( 1 )

  Angry Black Woman: via Winter at Mind the Gap! who says everyone should read this blog, and I concur. I’ve read a few things there every now and then, but recently I’ve been lurking and learning almost daily. This recent… Read More ›

• The invisible soldiers

  By tigtog on 2007-05-28

  Ginmar, a military veteran of the Iraq war wading through the twisty maze of Veteran’s Affairs forms (all looking alike), is not celebrating the Memorial Day holiday this US long weekend: We are now engaged in two more wars, and… Read More ›

• Been trying to find the words

  By tigtog on 2007-05-28 • ( 29 )

  The Nandos Portuguese Chicken withdrawal-patch pole-dancing commercials. That probably doesn’t make sense to anyone who hasn’t seen them. [link] I have been slackjawed for the last fortnight since I first saw the ads. I truly thought they’d be taken off… Read More ›

• 3000 votes: Boot Howard out of Bennelong

  By tigtog on 2007-05-27 • ( 4 )

  I like this local initiative from some voters in the Prime Minister’s electorate of Bennelong, whose major slogans are: A Future without John Howard? It all hangs on 3000 votes. Just because Howard is the PM, doesn’t mean he has… Read More ›