Some flickr-using bloggers might have wondered why they suddenly can’t right-click (double-finger-tap, etc) one of their images from a main photo page to “Copy Image Location” any more. This is apparently a result of flickr’s new People In Photos feature,… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Gratuitous midnight Jackie Chan video
From The Myth, which is a superior action romp with some lovely physical comedy, like the above.
Friday Hoyden Quickhit: Abigail Sciuto (NCIS)
Played by Pauley Perette, the mischievous yet dedicated Abby Sciuto has geek cred off the charts.
Quotes OTD: Self-Proclaimed Good Guy Who Simply Won’t Take No For An Answer
This is now eons old in internet time, but I love it anyway. It’s from one of the massive threads over at Shapely Prose where women spoke about why shouldn’t be guilted into “just being nice” to men who intrusively ignore their widely understood social signals of being busy/involved/uninterested as they are going about their day commuting, walking in a park, sitting in a cafe/bar or whatever.
Fought and died “for the flag”?
One thing that leaped out at me during the media blitz on the Battle of Trafalgar flag that fetched a record price at auction is that it brought out one of my least favourite pieces of rhetoric from the anonymous flag collector who won the auction, in a radio interview, about the connection he felt to those who had “fought and died for this flag”.
Sweet FSM, that phrase raises all my hackles.
“But what do we CAAAALL them?” – the language of shackling
[This has been cross-posted at FWD/Forward.] I don’t know who David Southwell is when he’s at home, but he’s showing his arse big-time over at his “Sub in the Pub” blog at news.com.au. Following up on the story about the… Read More ›
So, we just missed Pastor Danny Nalliah at Mt Ainslie yesterday
I’d forgotten all about the panicmongering from Catch the Fire ministries about alleged blood sacrifices by witches on the mountain-top from a few weeks ago, but Saturday was the day of the exorcism for the evil spirits raised by these rust stains at the base of an air safety beacon just below the summit.
Dear hyperventilating Aussie media
Andre Rieu is not a violin ‘virtuoso’. He is a band leader who plays a decent violin. As my darling says, he’s about as good a violinist as Liberace was a pianist i.e. a canny showman who puts on a… Read More ›
Exclusively breastfed baby denied insurance unless he goes on a diet
La Vida Locavore talks about a case in the USA where a fully-breastfed four month old infant has been denied insurance for being “obese”. The baby is on the 99th percentile for height and weight. They don’t say on which… Read More ›
Quickhit: Rape Culture 101
Because Melissa McEwan’s comprehensive post deserves to be read and bookmarked by absolutely everyone. Obviously, trigger warnings apply.
Hoyden About Town 