Here she is bonding with her Dad over the Christmas break by doing a little gadget construction. Bonding with your daughters doing electronics, woodwork, mechanics or baking: A very feminist thing to do over the holidays and there should be a lot more of it.
fun & hobbies
enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
Doctor Who Spoilers and Speculation Thread
The Whovians are taking over the Xmas thread, so I’m moving the discussion here.
Teh cute it burns! H/T @mrbenjaminlaw
The 50 Cutest Things That Ever Happened. Or are they?
Jingle all the Way
Open Christmas thread. All Christmas all the time!
‘Tis the season for festive food!
My 11 year old and I were discussing recently what we might give to his teacher for a Christmas/end of year gift this year. Mr M is a lovely young bloke and this has been his first year of full… Read More ›
Adding to my authors list
Don’t whinge to this author.
Whimsy: Musical Pets edition
Sometimes we all need to see teh awesome. Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you! Meet Tucker the piano-playing singing Schnoodle.
SF Question of the Day: Dune and Lawrence of Arabia
Would Frank Herbert’s Dune have been such a wide success if its publication in 1965 had not been preceded by David Lean’s masterful cinematography of windswept dunes in 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia?
How, more generally, does our experience of pictorial representations of landscapes and people (both still and moving pictures) influence our perceptions of other works of art, of the world and people around us, and even of our own self-awareness?
Whimsy: Flashmob Moscow edition
Sometimes we all need to see teh awesome. Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you! To start: this icy-cool version of Puttin’ on the Ritz.
Whimsy
Whimsy, because sometimes you need to see teh awesome.
Hoyden About Town 