Another instalment in the 1905 Ladies’ Handbook series! The original post is here. Chapter IV is titled “Sex Physiology and Hygiene“. It’s long, so I’ll break it up into parts. It opens with a passionate plea for early and vigorous… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Otterday!
This Otterday shot comes from yeimaya at Flickr. Feel free to cap it, if you’d like this to be a bit more interactive. The ROLFbot is a handy tool.
Friday Hoyden: Michelle Atkins completes 10 marathons in 10 days
Last year the Guinness book of records set a challenge for runners – complete ten marathons in ten days and get in the records book. Lots of runners found the challenge motivational, and a few completed the challenge in 2007,… Read More ›
Supernova observations
Wow, huh? for the first time in history, astronomers have unambiguously observed the exact moment when a star explodes. More from the Bad Astronomer.
I’ve got the mindless action movie blues
having been sucked into the vortex of a particularly poor example while I work on other things at the ‘puter. I tell you what, if Our Hero fails to pick up just one more Handy Weapon Sitting Right There Next… Read More ›
Strewth, that’s what this country needs, the word “gormless” as a political slur
Turnbull puts his credibility on the line MALCOLM Turnbull has offered his experience in merchant banking and business as underlining his economic credibility and attacked Wayne Swan as gormless, gutless and opposed to individual enterprise. It’s doesn’t quite have the… Read More ›
Eye troubles? Photoshop Disasters fun
If you’re not already reading Photoshop Disasters, go and check it out. Here are a few recent splorfs. I tried to narrow these down to a top three, and totally failed. It’s worth going to the originals, for the larger… Read More ›
I met this guy in Hyde Park today: big bubbles, no trouble (as they say in the classics)
Mr Incredibubble: His name’s Justin, and he’s cool. I’ll post some of my photos once I’ve got them Flickr’d. Here’s some of my photos below – the grey sky was actually terrific – apparently the bubbles sparkle much more on… Read More ›
Tightly focussed snark blog of the day
Things Younger than John McCain Anyone else seen any new snarkery around the intertubes lately? P.S. I took this shot on the weekend, of a bride slowly and oh so carefully picking her way through muddy ground to get to… Read More ›
News from the ACT
I’d much prefer it if the news about the passing of the law making same-sex civil unions legal was getting half the press that the kangaroo cull is getting. I’m much more interested that at least one of the tiers… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 