Assume a hoyden, if you have it not. Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from? Get your own quotes: Meme yoinked from Lauredhel’s LJ. I spent the weekend overlooking Copacabana Beach on the Central Coast with three of… Read More ›
fun & hobbies
enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
Greetings from Middle Perth
From StrangeMaps comes this map of Australia, Middle-Earth style: “One Ring to Rule Them All, Mate”. I forget who once pondered the impossibility of believing Shakespeare spoken in an Australian accent. Maybe it’s the implied anachronism, for in Shakespeare’s time… Read More ›
Monty Python allusion de jour
From Designated Sidekick, discussing DC Comics’ tendency to have Batman display an irritating level of knowitallness: He’s Batman, not Dan DiDio, he’s not the God of DCU. Bruce isn’t the messiah, he’s just a very broody boy
Friday Funnies
Via For Battle!, Lego animations of Eddie Izzard routines on YouTube from Thorn2200. DV prefers the Death Star Canteen, but I can’t go past Cake or Death. And via Club Troppo, Nick Gruen has discovered that “the poet laureate of… Read More ›
Cultural fusion, Yolngu style
Hot on the heels of the Indian condom dancers: via Langguj Gel: Yolngu group “The Chooky Dancers” interpreting Zorba the Greek. Coffee & cats warning.
“Oh! My! Look out! you can get HIV/AIDS”
A condom PSA from India. I’m torn between thinking “Now that’s how you do PSAs!”, and convulsing at the gleeful gyrating men and the clown-condoms. Enjoy. About this video: This is an entertaining and educational video in Telugu on Condom… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: a Flickrfind
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Hoydens, originally uploaded by shelley1685. These girls are relaxing at the annual Rabbit Stick gathering in… Read More ›
Mondayitis cure: kid art
Pirate Ship Pinkus. (“because the pirate ship’s name is “Pinkus”, because it’s a very old ship. Well, that’s a crows-nest with a flag, and a sail, there’s the captain, and that blue bit down the bottom is the ocean. And… Read More ›
Evolutionary Psychology Bingo!
PunkAssBlog has seen a Great Need, and filled it. Evolutionary Psychology Bingo! This particular bingo card specifically addresses the antifeminist/sex-essentialist uses of evpsych. My splorf favourite? “Confusion over whether they’re rationalising polyamory or nuclear-family patriarchy, but whatever they’re rationalising, only… Read More ›
Busy day yesterday
Lots of things going on, panicking clients and minor domestic urgencies not least of all, but at least I got a walk in Centennial Park and some photos even if I didn’t get any writing done. He didn’t want to… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 