following the Doctor Who Season 4 finale that has just finished airing on Australian telly – here’s a thread I prepared earlier! NB: there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers
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Paul Newman Appreciation Thread: 1925-2008
Image Source: Simon & Shuster Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with a small dog, 1958 Paul Newman (born 1925) and Joanne Woodward (born 1930) were photographed here, soon after their marriage in 1958, with an unidentified little dog, obviously a… Read More ›
Otterday! And open thread
This bewhiskered little critter comes to you courtesy of Bill Swindaman on flickr. Check out his bird pics, too. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your… Read More ›
A burbling blurb for Deep Blue
A quick word to absolutely recommend the show we went to see last night (thank you $corporate employer for the free tickets!). I’m pretty sure everyone in the band was a hoyden, including the blokes. Deep Blue bills itself as… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
Runner-up. Post your favourite lols o’ the week here.
Whoydensday: nearly the S4 finale here in Oz
Update Sun 28 8:35pm: the finale episode has now aired in NZ and Oz, so SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! in the comments – BEWARE! This can be the basic discussion thread for the final three episodes of Season 4, just so… Read More ›
Virtual Travelling: Portland, Oregon
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Overhead Circle of Fire, originally uploaded by Mr. Monroe. The story behind this picture of a… Read More ›
Happy equinox!
Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice image by: Tunç Tezel (TWAN) via Astronomy Picture of The Day The picture is a composite of hourly images taken of the Sun above Bursa, Turkey on key days from solstice to equinox… Read More ›
SF Sunday: I got not much edition
Apart from noting with a thrill that there will be an Aussiecon 4 in 2010, I haven’t been doing much SFing this week. Anybody? Bueller? I have been watching a Bond retrospective on cable the last few weeks. The way… Read More ›
Spring Garden Saturday
I wandered around the garden yesterday, marvelling at the progress we’ve made since we moved in to a neglected pit full of beach sand, couchgrass, weeds, and rubble only a few short months ago. Here are some of the highlights… Read More ›