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  • Where’s the champers?

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    We saw an astounding sight in Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens yesterday after our picnic. No, not the non-blogger Birdman above – that was an unexpected heartwarming sight (the sulphur-crested cockatoo that can just be spotted on the other side of… Read More ›

  • Er, it’s a bit windy out there

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    despite how calm and chipper the weatherpixie in the sidebar appears. However, I’m going to the picnic as promised anyway. It’s always worth wondering around the Botanical Gardens. See you there, Morgan and Tim? And anybody else who’s secretly planning… Read More ›

  • You keep using that word – I do not think it means what you think it means

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    Pick either word: theory or evolution – creationists don’t have a clue what they mean. A theory in science is not a guess or speculation, despite how the word has been bastardised in sloppy general usage – a theory in… Read More ›

  • Well howdy!

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    Thanks to Larvatus Prodeo, Deltoid, Personal Political and Morgspace pimping my posts about the Sydney Bloggers’ April Fools’ Picnic tomorrow, and fellow Oz-feminists Kate and Helen getting all sisterhoodly about me on their blogs, and fashion roadkill spotter extraordinaire Spirit… Read More ›

  • Skepticism and Autism

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    The 31st Skeptics’ Circle is up at Terra Sigillata. Biotech, alternative medicine, climatology, religion and more. My favourite post is by Dick about his personal experiences with The Fleecing of the Autism Community. “These frauds sell crap, preying on the… Read More ›

  • Hepburn and Mephistopheles

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    …is the title of an essay, actually an obituary, that I came across while searching out some images of the estimable hoyden-about-town Katherine Hepburn. Oh. My. Spag. Just read the caption in the obituary for this photo below, which is… Read More ›

  • Names can never hurt me?

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    Snapped in traffic and gone ape on another driver? No worries, just tell the judge that the nasty nasty driver called you a bad name. A DARWIN man who grabbed a woman in a road rage attack has been let… Read More ›

  • Configurator: superhero or supervillain name?

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    I ask only because, having seen a couple of the latest models cruising Sydney streets in the last weeks, I just discovered that Bentley Motors offers a Configurator service, so one can have one’s Bentley configured precisely to conform to… Read More ›

  • Yes, we do need feminism

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    Some people might be wondering about the reality of the dangers facing the Sierra Leone female athletes who are seeking asylum in Australia, fearing female genital mutilation and/or murder if they return home. (The male athletes have different fears for… Read More ›

  • Boycotting the Devine boo-hiss M.

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    Fuck Miranda Devine. I will no longer read or link to any column the shrill harpy writes. To understand why she has finally reached my fuck-off threshold, read this smack-down of her recent column on Cyclone Larry victims.(hat-tip to Crikey!)… Read More ›