I received this in an email, so I’m not sure where it originates. I can relate to most of it, how about you? Dear Santa, I’ve been a good mum all year. I’ve fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
More Suckage From Hollywood: another adaptation erases POC
My kids are fans of a popular anime called Avatar: The Last Airbender. It’s popular enough that it’s going to be made into a live-action movie. But the characters won’t look the same: they won’t be Asian and Inuit faces… Read More ›
A Dexter moment
This, THIS is why I love Dexter. [Swearing, no violence, subplot spoiler for season 3, ep 12.]
Virtual travelling: bubbles!
From one young photographer’s project: Things that I like to do…with bubbles All photos above originally uploaded by Honey Pie! This reminded my of how much fun I used to have with bubbles when I was a kid and when… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Thursday Cheezburger
Runnerup: “Do I look like the blue bird of happiness?” Post your favourite cheez-o’-t’-week here. [Use a link to the full page or the embed code, not just the image, and wait for admin image magic.]
The impossible beauty of Jessica Alba
Author: fuckpoliteness, who lives in Sydney and wants the world to make more sense So I saw Jessica Alba’s Campari Calender shots. And wow. They are gorgeous photos and she looks stunning. The next day I saw a similar shot… Read More ›
Remove liquids from vicinity of keyboard before watching
You think this publicity picture is naff? Wait until you see the whole video (if your bandwidth can stand it, get the full hi-res effect by choosing the BIG option). via Helen in comments at LP.
Focus: Design
Stephen Colbert this week looked at the case of Jerilea Zempel, a fibre artist who was arrested at the US/Canadian border a couple of months ago – for having drawn an SUV. The drawing was a base sketch for a… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
This cool character was grabbed by FreeSpirit5 on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 