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Procrastination aid: A punt on the Cam
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mathematical Bridge, originally uploaded by bridgink. Radio National had a delicious program last week: This week… Read More ›
Whoydensday: teh Doctor’s wimminz edition
It’s time again for: Marry, Shag or chuck off a Cliff? As usual, you may match one and only one of the characters below to each fate. Remember, the Doctor didn’t want to lose any of them – so what… Read More ›
Gratuitous David Tennant blogging (uncut TV interview edition (with added Jo Brand))
The video links below are oh so very Not Safe For Work. If you’ve got headphones the vision is safe, but if other people can hear the sound, definitely not. (Update: I’ve now added a partial transcript below) The origin… Read More ›
Virtual travelling
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sunrise, originally uploaded by RebootYourComputer. Taken in Toronto, Canada. I’ve been on a few early morning… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
Today’s otter is from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, via Cute Otters. They have a new African Spotted-Necked otter baby named Ziwa, after the Swahili word for “lake” or “pond”. Ziwa will be three months old tomorrow, which is getting close… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Tamsin Greig
As requested a few weeks ago, an appreciation thread for the woman who describes herself as “puffin-faced” and confesses to having extraordinary trouble with corpsing, which must be a definite drawback for an actor who works primarily in comedy. Short… Read More ›
Marry, Shag, Cliff: Classic ER
I remember watching that first episode of ER. Like you, I gasped when Carol Hathaway was wheeled in. It’s the first time I recall a TV show dealing with the sharp end of suicide attempts on TV. Hathaway was originally… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger, and Delurking Day
We’ve declared this week, being the first week of the month, to be Delurking Week! If you’ve been reading along, give us a hoy and let us know you’re there – either here (feel free to post your favourite LOLcat… Read More ›
Virtual travelling: Eruption in Iceland
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Eruption, originally uploaded by Duncan_Smith. The first time I ever saw a proper geyser was in… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 