Firstly, regarding those who still argue about “staying the course” in Iraq: image from despair.com (check out their cluelessness poster) Secondly, I’ve been thinking about applying the Mo Movie Measure Bechdel-Wallace Rule to reorganising my SF collection, giving pride of… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Ooh. Ooh-ooh.
The “grazing occultation” of Saturn by the Moon. RING ECLIPSE From the Lunar Picture of the Day, via the Bad Astronomy Blog, the picture is a composite from astrophotographer Peter Lawrence.
Friday Furry one day late
Oh, this is amazing. originally posted by CityRag who has more pictures and information – apparently all four infant animals were abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth Found via Majikthise: Lindsay says this shot fills her with trepidation (Disaster… Read More ›
Ad hoc hoyden
This time around: Suzi Q. On A Mailing List I frequent of which most members are USAns, we were having a long discussion of names and nicknames. Susan and its derivatives came up, which led to the discussion of Susie… Read More ›
Midweek musings
Which Swan is your kind of swan? The traditional(ish)? image from danceviewtimes.com The Funny Girl schvann? (wot, not one shot on the intarwebs of her suspended in midair?)
You’d flinch too
if Christopher Walken did all his scenes with you after eating three cloves of garlic every morning. This is how Walken manages to make his fellow actors so tense around him that on screen he appears to exude palpable menace,… Read More ›
How not to do humour, according to the pros
Rogers transcribes (from memory) some professional comedy writers discussing the Fox Network’s attempt at a conservative version of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show (at Kung Fu Monkey, who has a couple of YouTube clips up from the show). The 1/2 Hour… Read More ›
Two tales of netball
Netball participation numbers are dropping, which is a problem for women’s fitness in Australia and New Zealand as traditionally netball has been the sport with the highest participation rates for women. A friendly lurker (thanks, R.) sent me a link… Read More ›
Friday Furry: kewt widdle puppy edition
originally uploaded by queenmichelle OK, there’s an awful lot of search engine hits on “Fluffy Destroyer of Worlds” and a lot of versions of this image, and lots of other pictures of animals alleged to be this apocalyptic furball. I… Read More ›
David and Margaret are back
And David Stratton suavely used “meretricious”* in the most appositely contemptuous fashion. How delightful when one’s favourite film review show appeals not only to one’s inner geek but also to one’s inner vocab nazi. * A long, long time ago,… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 