The whole tog family will be dodging the big wedding dress revelation tonight by going to see a comedy show instead. Thank you, generous John Robertson!
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
My moaning, let me show you it
Hatesss the nastiessss, yesssssss.
Apparently there’s no context on Twitter
So it’s said, by nong after dreary nong around the interwebs. It’s just that one string of 140 characters, that’s it!
Hugo Awards
The Hugo nominations are out! The full list is below.
Any favourites? Any surprises? Any rejoicing at the rather marvellous gender balance? (Is this the first time with this many women? Has anyone done the maths? And check out that Best Novel category!) Any unrejoicing about the lack of racial balance (I think, and project from past experience; for many of these authors, I don’t know how they identify when it comes to race.) Other comments? What category are you watching the closest?
Whoydensday: Preparing for Season 6 DownUnder
SPOILER FREE!!! Linkfest time…No plot~points or revelations are given away. Feel free to read on in safety….
Lessons from My Lai & The Extras
How can we raise our children to be willing to take a stand against injustice in favour of integrity? Where do we start?
Lest We Forget
Because it’s Anzac Day, I’ve spent much of my time looking over the various diaries/letters of my greatuncles who took part in the Great War.
I know which I’ll choose
cheers for the fat panic, Fairfax! God forbid a day go by without a reminder of the foul spectre of the fatty fatfats that threaten to destroy our society.
I can’t decide…
whether Alan Greenspan deserves internet immortality more for referring to a hypothetically invisible entity as “unredeemably opaque” or for the phrase which spawned this epic Crooked Timber thread. I await the inevitable memetic offspring.
Doonesbury and The Donald
I do like the way Doonesbury illustrator GBTrudeau captures something about various public figures; remember George W as a floating asterisk?
Here is Trudeau’s take on Donald Trump:
Hoyden About Town 