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• Wotcher, orright?

  By tigtog on 2007-05-08 • ( 3 )

  Which God or Goddess are you like? Your Result: God Zeus   You are Zeus. You are fierce and stong, and you like to throw lightning bolts at people who deserve it. You are fearless when it comes to fear,… Read More ›

• Emphasis mine

  By tigtog on 2007-05-08 • ( 10 )

  Fat children are more likely to have their father to blame for their weight problem than their mother, a new study shows. Research by Australian child health experts has revealed that fathers who are disengaged or do not set clear… Read More ›

• What you don’t see when you’re a “good guy”

  By tigtog on 2007-05-08

  Kate Harding is stunned by an unexpected response from a Random Guy to her asserting herself, and then makes some connections and intersections: And you know, the worst part is, my boyfriend was sitting right by the window inside, a… Read More ›

• True Mom Confessions

  By tigtog on 2007-05-07 • ( 1 )

  Along the lines of Postcard Secrets – short posts allegedly from moms of feelings they feel that they can’t tell those around them. Interesting.

• And the Inaugural Award of the Tiniest Fainting Couch in the world goes to:

  By tigtog on 2007-05-07 • ( 9 )

  Paris Hilton, who is being positively persecuted just because she’s a celebrity, and who couldn’t possibly be sent off to nasty gaol with the polloiest of hoi polloi, just for a teeny-weeny little thing like driving drunk without a license… Read More ›

• More weekend silliness

  By tigtog on 2007-05-06 • ( 9 )

  I’m working on a long post which isn’t coming together quite yet, so I keep distracting myself. Anyway, I found this picture, and frankly I’m astonished. I wonder how many of you can guess who this is? You can probably… Read More ›

• I’ve envied Melissa’s fainting couch for long enough

  By tigtog on 2007-05-06 • ( 10 )

  So I went image hunting and photoshopping. For those who don’t frequent Shakesville, Melissa McEwan (aka Shakespeare’s Sister) occasionally presents certain commenters with an image of a fainting-couch, or uses it to illustrate a post involving a moral panic amongst… Read More ›

• Right. It’s inflicting time!

  By tigtog on 2007-05-05

  Since Wednesday night I have had an earworm of the most incredibly cheesy version of “Afternoon Delight” imaginable. Simply by reading that, some of you will now have the same, especially if you too watched The Chaser on Wednesday. Ha!… Read More ›

• Sunset

  By tigtog on 2007-05-05 • ( 3 )

  Sadly, no lennies appeared when I went to view the sunset on Wednesday evening. However the sunset was still most spectacular, with a large clump of cloud right above the setting sun and ribbons of altocumulus streaming down to the… Read More ›

• xkcd pwns teh internets

  By tigtog on 2007-05-02 • ( 4 )

  I don’t know why any of us are even bothering to pretend that xkcd is not our new insect overlord (except for Cory Doctorow, who escaped in that bloody balloon). Excuse me. I have to go and save that map,… Read More ›