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Boxing Day on Bruny Island
Did everybody have a nice few days off? I haven’t had the time to check in at the old internet cafe so often, because we’ve been driving around south-eastern Tasmania, stopping only to take the occasional boat-cruise and eat seafood… Read More ›
One year ago right now
I was on a plane to London. We left late at night on the 17th our time, and arrived in London first thing in the morning on the 18th their time. Near our hotel we found a TARDIS (it looked… Read More ›
Io, Saturnalia!
For those of us who like the Winter Solstice holiday season to last as long as possible, starting the celebrations today for Saturnalia is a top-notch idea. It also gives me an opportunity to post my favourite astrophotography image, seeing… Read More ›
Gratuitous John Barrowman blogging
I just realised (watching Torchwood from the beginning on cable) that John Barrowman is about to start this year’s panto season, starring as Aladdin at Birmingham’s Hippodrome. He’s a musical theatre lad from waaaaay back. As I look at his… Read More ›
My recent favourite Flickr shots
From other Flickrers. 1. Untitled, 2. IMG_4018, 3. Launch Pad, 4. Untitled, 5. 1130 REFLECTED, 6. Untitled, 7. Rain over Fullerton Cove, 8. Sun Worshipper, 9. As A Day Begins, 10. 157/365: Brrrrrrrrrrrr!, 11. Zion, 12. Here we come… ready… Read More ›
This time last week: Election Day Grevillea
View On Black | View Large On Black So, what does everybody think of Rudd’s first week? Are we up for any big surprises once they’re actually sworn in on Monday, do you think?
Friday Hoyden: belated and generalised
Sorry, all you hoyden fans – Lauredhel and I are just so absorbed with the election nerves that we haven’t been keeping on task and keeping up to date with our Friday Hoydens. We were having a little IM chat… Read More ›
Melbourne Choral Flashmob urges “Vote the Bastards Out”
kwoff_id = 6742; Your Youtubes du jour. First up: “Vote the Bastards Out”, sung a choral flashmob in Melbourne. The composer was Stephen Taberner. Jodes writes on reddit: Members of several choirs decided to create a choral flash mob across… Read More ›
Friday Feminism on the run: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father
Over at Feministe, Jill dissects a particularly loopy column/movie review from Jill Stanek (dialled up several notches even from her notoriously loose grip on what passes for analysis), where Stanek ends up in her column’s comments thread being reduced to… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 