And today’s theme is: Rescue! It’s also our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite macro (post the link and wait for Admin… Read More ›
Life
Quick Hit: Want Androcur? Join the Sex Offender Registry!
ETA (18 Oct 2009): This may, in fact, be complete rumour, everyone! Apologies for not checking; I didn’t realise the PBS was online. If you look here, you can see that there are multiple indications under which it can be… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Reminder: Hoyden About Town has moved to http://www.hoydenabouttown.com. Please update your blogrolls and bookmarks! Please also re-subscribe, to make sure you are using the new Feedburner feed. Today’s otter comes via MyAngel 27 on flickr. The bronze statue is from… Read More ›
Thursday Themed Cheezburger: The Seventh Virtue – Love
And the greatest of them is Love. Winner: Runner up:
Exclusively breastfed baby denied insurance unless he goes on a diet
La Vida Locavore talks about a case in the USA where a fully-breastfed four month old infant has been denied insurance for being “obese”. The baby is on the 99th percentile for height and weight. They don’t say on which… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Reminder: Hoyden About Town has moved to http://www.hoydenabouttown.com. Please update your blogrolls and bookmarks! Please also re-subscribe, to make sure you are using the new Feedburner feed. Enough of the cute and furry! Today’s otter-related snippet comes via Neatorama. “Sea… Read More ›
Roar down the Hume
(a holiday poem)
Thursday Cheezburger: The 6th Virtue, Hope
We’re on to the penultimate of the Seven Virtues: Hope. Winner: Runners-up, again with school holiday bonus LOLs!
Why the stalling on abortion law reform?
The only thing more ridiculous than a law never upheld is a law suddenly applied to an individual case. It is estimated that at least one in three women in Australia will have an abortion in their lifetime. And yet… Read More ›
Imaginary what now? Terra nullius and the Scouting movement
After seeing the camping strips in Calvin & Hobbes, the Lad wanted me to look into local Cub Scouts. Y’all know I’m not too keen on the theist and heterosexist (and etc) aspects of Scouts, but I went to have… Read More ›