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• BFTP: Hyphenating – who goes first?

  By tigtog on 2011-09-20 • ( 26 )

  

  …what is seen as usual – the woman’s name first, the man’s name last. This has become so customary that when my husband and I chose to hyphenate our surnames for the kids with his name first and my name last it was considered odd.

• Repost: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father

  By tigtog on 2011-09-19 • ( 31 )

  

  Colour us as unreasonably demanding, but women do tend to want a little bit more than a guy who simply refrains from being nasty like it’s some great sacrifice (which implies that he might just stop refraining from being nasty if he doesn’t feel appreciated enough, so watch it).

• Have you been talking like a pirate today?

  By tigtog on 2011-09-19 • ( 16 )

  

  To err is human; to arrrrr is pirate: it’s not too late to get a few arrrrrs in before midnight!

• Quicklink: #OccupyWallStreet, #TakeWallStreet, #Sep17

  By tigtog on 2011-09-18 • ( 5 )

  

  Reportedly plenty of riot police, very few journalists so far.

• Friday Hoyden: Ram Rati

  By tigtog on 2011-09-16 • ( 2 )

  

  I love this picture – go read her story.

• Femmostroppo Reader September 14, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-09-15 • ( 2 )

  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 we’re all a bit busy

  By tigtog on 2011-09-14 • ( 40 )

  And I haven’t even got around to starting the spring cleaning yet!

  What’s keeping the rest of you all so quiet?

• Congrats to Sam Stosur

  By tigtog on 2011-09-13 • ( 11 )

  

  She’s on top of the world after demolishing Serena Williams in the US Open final, and who can blame her?

• Literary Linkfest September 11, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-09-11 • ( 12 )

  

  Posts on writing and reading that I’ve come across recently. What have you been reading or writing lately?

• Femmostroppo Reader September 10, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-09-10 • ( 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!