Karen Healey of Girls Read Comics and They’re Pissed riffed off Lauredhel’s Anti-Feminist Bingo Card and created an Anti-Comics-Feminist Bingo Card. Apparently some fanboyz have been having a whinge at her about it, so she has called forth the mighty… Read More ›
history
those who do not know are doomed to repeat etc, besides it’s fascinating
Wotcher, orright?
Which God or Goddess are you like? Your Result: God Zeus You are Zeus. You are fierce and stong, and you like to throw lightning bolts at people who deserve it. You are fearless when it comes to fear,… Read More ›
xkcd pwns teh internets
I don’t know why any of us are even bothering to pretend that xkcd is not our new insect overlord (except for Cory Doctorow, who escaped in that bloody balloon). Excuse me. I have to go and save that map,… Read More ›
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them. Lest We Forget. The Dawn Service observed on ANZAC Day has its origins in an operational routine which is still observed by the Australian Army today. The half-light of dawn plays tricks with soldiers’ eyes and… Read More ›
Weekend Wibbling: From Peri to Fraggles
Don’t ask me why, but I’ve been contemplating fairy mythology in kidlit and TV, specifically fairy proxies like The Fraggles and The Borrowers. This idea – that there is a whole world of tiny, wise and/or mischievous creatures, that are… Read More ›
Kurt is in heaven now
is what noted skeptical humanist, Kurt Vonnegut, wanted us all to say on his death, with a wry smile of unbelief. I don’t know much more to say than that, which is why I haven’t said anything for days since… Read More ›
For my friends in academia
Parody student evaluations for Socrates, from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Hemlock Available in the Faculty Lounge Socrates is a real drag, I don’t know how in hell he ever got tenure. He makes students feel bad by criticizing them… Read More ›
Hugh Thompson Day
Today is the anniversary of the heroism of Hugh Thompson and his helicopter crew as they saved noncombatant Vietnamese villagers of My Lai from murderous US soldiers engaged in a massacre. I posted about Thompson last year: Are you a… Read More ›
Happy Solstice
It’s nearly dawn here in London, although back in Sydney the sun is about to set on Solstice day. This is the reason for the season. If plans had worked out slightly differently, I would be at Stonehenge this morning… Read More ›
London
On Monday we landed at 5:30am local time, checked in to our hotel and went walking. We ended up at the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, which were about 1km away, and then came back to the hotel… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 