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  • Dwarfed

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    The Tigling, who just turned 11 last October, is now officially taller than me. I didn’t overtake my mum until I was 14. She’s also taller than the Togster who turns 13 in May. They just take after different sides… Read More ›

  • 417 – this is sport?

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    There’s a lot that can be said about the Cheney shooting incident, but this is the one point that just keeps on making me say “huh?” The quail that Cheney’s party were shooting were pen raised, with no natural survival… Read More ›

  • Best rant

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    …on education standards/expectations so far this year.

  • So, am I a prophet?

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    Having blogged aboutabortionrightsrather a lot,I’m glad that Tony Abbott no longer has veto power over the importation of RU486. Back in November, I blogged that I doubted the Australian Parliament voting for a more pro-choice position on RU486 against John… Read More ›

  • Vale Poco

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    I’ll miss you, furry purry friend. More on Poco’s end.

  • I grieve

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    My 15-year-old cat Poco developed a growth in her jaw last November. X-rays and biopsy showed that while it was non-malignant, it was eating away absorbing the bone on both sides of her mandible, so that her chin was essentially… Read More ›

  • Be vewwy vewwy qwiet…

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    Keep up to date with Firedoglake – pretty much live-blogging the unfolding Cheney croney-shoot scandal. Image from Firedoglake For extra-chewy goodness, Amanda at Pandagon argues persuasively against another blogger’s premise that conservativism is about limited government.

  • Woman charged in Brokeback Mountain disturbance

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    Ah, but it’s not what you might think. UPDATE: She was fined $176 (A$ or US$ is unclear) and won’t have any conviction recorded so long as she behaves for 90 days.

  • Sunday, Darwin Sunday

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    Happy Darwin Day! Today is Darwin’s birthday, and many American churches are having an Evolution Sunday to sermonise about the harmony that can exist between faith and science. I recommend hieing thee to Pharyngula, where PZ will undoubtedly mark the… Read More ›

  • High-school homophobia

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    So my son, who turns 13 in a few months, started in high-school last week. This week, a class was disrupted when the teacher left for five minutes and a scuffle broke out between two boys. One boy had been… Read More ›