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• Found while googling something else entirely

  By tigtog on 2006-06-08 • ( 4 )

  Just had to share.

• Not a bad start, Kimbo

  By tigtog on 2006-06-07 • ( 1 )

  From The Age, at the end of an article discussing a maverick MP’s plan to draft a bill to legislate for same-sex civil unions in Victoria in the wake of the govt’s statement that they intend to block the ACT’s… Read More ›

• Misanthrope, much?

  By tigtog on 2006-06-06 • ( 2 )

  Initially, when one looks at the site statistics meter and sees a sharp rise in one’s pathetic hit rate, one is overjoyed: at last the peeps are listening to me! But no. They merely want to know the latest c*l*brity… Read More ›

• Number of the Beast = AntiChrist (but does it really?)

  By tigtog on 2006-06-06 • ( 1 )

  There is so much ink and electrons spent on the question: who is the AntiChrist revealed by the Number of the Beast? Type “antichrist” or “666” into a search engine and watch the sponsored links to any number of sites… Read More ›

• Access to obstetric services in rural Australia as “third world” standard

  By tigtog on 2006-06-05 • ( 9 )

  Tonight there will be a Four Corners programme on shortcomings in rural medical care, particularly for obstetrics and cancer patients. “RDA federal president Dr Ross Maxwell has told Four Corners that, on the current trend, there will not be a… Read More ›

• PowerPoint Is Evil

  By tigtog on 2006-06-04 • ( 5 )

  This is the title of an apparently well-known essay of which I only just became aware, from Wired magazine in 2003, by Edward Tufte, professor emeritus of political science, computer science and statistics, and graphic design at Yale. The subtitle… Read More ›

• Why does this woman hate everything I stand for?

  By tigtog on 2006-06-02 • ( 6 )

  Angelina prefers cheerios cereal for breakfast. I prefer Swiss muesli.Why doesn’t she like what I like? Can’t she see that muesli is good for one? That by choosing muesli I amdoing not only what is good for my body, but… Read More ›

• Friday Random 10 – Almost an IMS dream edition

  By tigtog on 2006-06-02

  My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic) – SwitchBlade KittensI Can Make You a Man (Reprise)- The Rocky Horror Picture ShowNew Morning – Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsWild Wild West – Escape ClubRock The Casbah – The… Read More ›

• Women with weapons

  By tigtog on 2006-06-01 • ( 2 )

  Well, this thread over at Larvatus Prodeo has all your Amazonian inspiration needs in stock. You have to go about halfway down the comments thread before they start appearing, but black catsuits and sharp pointy weapons are abounding. That’ll teach… Read More ›

• Goose: Gander

  By tigtog on 2006-05-31 • ( 6 )

  In a timely fashion considering Kim’s response to Tim Blair’s baiting about whether progressives would condemn abstinence-only sex-education at a Muslim school in Australia in the same way as when it’s advocated by Christians (yes, of course we would), Zuzu… Read More ›