“I am rather an opinionated person I suppose,” Nothing I could write could do justice to Margolyes the way this transcript from the interview she did on Enough Rope does, although the simple transcript doesn’t give you the sense of… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Jill nails it
I’ll take voting rights over a knight in shining armor, thanks.
And that’s the thing with chivalry: It always demands something in return.
Sandilands, you’re a prat.
[image credit: news.com.au, capped by me.] So shock-jock Kyle Sandilands is a complete pillock. We all know that. He’s always been a pillock, he’s not funny, he’s a bigoted, nasty little twit. Sadly, he’s also a judge on Australian Idol,… Read More ›
Things not to do.
I just remembered something that really, really pissed me off over four years ago, and that I never really complained properly about at the time. I was a subject in a breastfeeding research lab for about a year, in a… Read More ›
Babies, body fluids and the “bizarre”
[image from the Daily Mail] Mostly, I just wanted to blog this story because I love this photo. Nadia is on the left. But there is stuff to say, too. Melissa at Shakesville has been blogging about the way in… Read More ›
A-d-a-p-t-e-d.
MEMO To: All writers/editors/narrators of nature programs From: Science Fangs/claws/cool-animal-feature-of-the-day etc. are not “designed”. Or “engineered”. They are adaptations. Pillocks.
Not safe, not well, not unhurt, NOT SEX
[emphases are mine] [cut for child rape triggers]
Yup, peanut butter convinces me!
This argument is so bizarre it’s not even wrong: it’s wrong’s cousin who’s never been the same since that nasty accident with the Klein bottle.
Model who refuses to drop 3 sizes just for the fashion industry
The size 12 star of TV show who’s ‘too fat’ for top model agency Jen Hunter is 5ft 11 and a size 12. She won the hearts of the British public and put size-zero models to shame with her modest… Read More ›
Wednesday Wow: Hot Pink !
No thumbnail for this, the photographer doesn’t want hir work on people’s blogs.
I reckon the owner of this house/car combo is never seen with a belt that doesn’t match the shoes.
Hoyden About Town 