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• A friendly hello and thank you to our local reproductive health clinics

  By tigtog on 2011-10-21 • ( 5 )

  

  I wanted them to know that there are still people who think well of them compared to the demonstrators outside many of their clinics right now as part of the “40 Days For Life” international anti-abortion campaign.

• Of course the flight patches had to be pink

  By tigtog on 2011-10-21 • ( 9 )

  

  “Today’s flight was awesome,” Lockley said, noting it was the first time reservists and active duty personnel have flown on the same aircraft.

• Femmostroppo Reader October 18, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-10-19 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

• It’s ages since we’ve blogged about True Blood

  By tigtog on 2011-10-18 • ( 9 )

  

  I’ve loved every moment Fiona Shaw is on-screen as Marnie, although it wasn’t until I googled her bio right now that it finally clicked that why I knew her face so well was because Petunia Dursley. I also learnt that she’s just about to direct The Marriage of Figaro with the English National Opera. Versatility: you have it by the bucketsful, Ms Shaw.

• Friday Hoyden Quicklink: Dr Auntie Ruby Langford Ginibi 1934-2011

  By tigtog on 2011-10-14 • ( 1 )

  

  We lost a great Australian on October 1st, 2011.

• Femmostroppo Reader October 14, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-10-14 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

• Looks like the police in Toronto have learnt NOTHING since January

  By tigtog on 2011-10-13 • ( 12 )

  

  *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

• ObBloodOath post: entering Buffoon Central

  By tigtog on 2011-10-13 • ( 6 )

  

  After Tony Abbott’s “pledge of blood” response to the passing of the carbon price bill in Parliament yesterday, it seems that any minute now he’ll nudge over the line into full-blown WHARRGARBL* territory…

• This is a reality, and it doesn’t go away if we don’t talk about it.

  By tigtog on 2011-10-12 • ( 11 )

  

  s.e.smith has an important and powerful post up at Tiger Beatdown regarding our collective habit of silence about the hate mail bloggers receive.

• No, we are not interested in your text-link advertising

  By tigtog on 2011-10-12 • ( 2 )

  

  After many years of receiving only one or two such enquiries per year, all of a sudden we’re getting two or three a week.