It’s not all invitations to coffee or ungrammatic hatemail. Sometimes these little notes revive pleasant memories of previous posts, like a nice little alert from someone (doing a systematic search on sites which had referenced them) to an updated URL… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Ice Queens
Images from the Australian Antarctic Division’s online photo gallery from a 2006 exhibition: these are the Icebergs. There are also galleries for: * Animals * Auroras * Australians in Antarctica * Colours of Antarctica * Electron microscopy * Ice patterns… Read More ›
Insert sailing on high Cs pun here: La Fille du Régiment at the Met
Oh my oh my oh my. If ever I am required to save the world by snogging a tenor, can this be the one? We went to see the Met Live in HD at the Chauvel today. We couldn’t have… Read More ›
Been a busy few days
Sick kids, demanding clients, and my own personal project all pulling me every which way. I stole a few hours on Tuesday to meet up with Hoydenizen Beppie, where we took our cameras and snapped away around Newtown and had… Read More ›
I nearly forgot: today is International Star Wars Day
May the 4th be with you. I know, I know. ‘Tis a mightily horrendous pun. Blame silkworm.
Friday Night Fangrrlz: Anthony Stewart Head – RHS & BtVS
For those whose eyes were drawn less to the teens on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more to their mentor as played by Anthony Stewart Head. Head’s a veteran thesp, with a long background in musical theatre, and after having… Read More ›
Various topics I’d like to blog on if I had more time
So I’ll link you to other ozbloggers who’ve done it already! Edited to add: if there’s something you were intending to blog but haven’t got around to, or wish you had blogged but somebody else said it superbly first so… Read More ›
i made u a LOLswan
but he sez iz not fud moar funny pictures Edit: Because I’m an ICHC n00b, I fubared the submission of this image for consideration for the front page. The link on the image above now takes one to an official… Read More ›
One of these things is not like the others
Hmmm, which one could it be? * Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee * Musashimaru (born Fiamalu Penitani), Sumo grand champion, highest level * Danica Patrick, Indy car driver, first-time winner If you guessed that it’s the woman who… Read More ›
Gratuitous Hurry-Up-Auntie with that new-season-of-Doctor-Who blogging
Beppie mailed me links to these a few weeks ago (and I forgot to do anything with them!), promotional shots of the scrumptious David Tennant looking all fierce and cool for the just-started 4th season of Doctor Who in the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 