I am so proud of her for walking her own path here. What wonderful things have kids who you love been up to lately?
Life
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s otter comes to you via Doug Brown on flickr.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Quicklink: Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle
Fred Vogelstein, parent of a child with epilepsy that’s been unable to be effectively controlled pharmaceutically, describes his family’s positive experience with a ketogenic diet as a treatment regime: a diet that involves a whole lot of fat in a restricted calorie regime that requires measuring food in fractions of grams. The whole story behind this increasingly accepted but horrendously complicated to manage treatment is a fascinating read.
Jacaranda time!
All over Sydney, there’s gorgeous patches of pale purpley-blue.
Thursday Cheezburger: …zzzzzzz
Post your own favourite in-theme LOLcat here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.
Gossip
Mateship is a bond so sacred we want it recognised in the Australian Constitution but female friendship is something nasty and undermining. Apparently this is because female friendships are distracted by competition for men.
Oh, this kind of shit doth weary me.
Media meltdown over cash cow royal wedding
So how about a thread where we share some fun pop culture moments about weddings (or non-weddings) that avoid the Consumerist Fantasy Wedding tropes? I’ll start off with Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling:
Remembering Bobbi Sykes 1944-2010
Dr Sykes (although she had not yet even begun her PhD) was the first woman I ever saw referred to as an activist on the TV news, when she was arrested in 1972 as the police overran the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside Parliament House in Canberra. There will be no picture of her here now that she is deceased.
Marriage Equality Rally in Sydney — November 27th
Post made sticky on the front page because the march is this weekend!
Recently in airport security
A Scottish comedian whose name I can’t remember now once said (paraphrasing) “keep a close eye on how your airports are treating you, because that’s how the authorities would like to treat you all the time”.
Hoyden About Town 