Twitterers will know that yesterday I became rather curious about the KER-CHUNK! KER-CHUNK! noises coming for a prolonged time from the living room. I yelled “What’s happening up there?” and the Lad yelled back “I’m making a frog habitat!” In… Read More ›
Life
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Kissing baby otters. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the… Read More ›
More power to Commissioner Garling
NSW Health IT in disarray SPECIAL commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a massive dose of IT to fix NSW’s troubled public hospitals, and recommended a watchdog oversee e-health. He has demanded the provision of critical infrastructure, hospital and community information… Read More ›
Thanksgiving Thursday Cheezburger
This LOLcat is from last year, because the USAns haven’t woken up on Thanksgiving day yet. To all our American friends and ex-pats, Happy Thanksgiving to you. Bonus Dr Tinycat and Worshipping Baby. What do you wish to give thanks… Read More ›
Linkulosity: Leavers’, a DV PSA, Risk, Green 404s, and ‘net censorship
The West is running a “Leavers’ Diary” in their Blogs section: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four. It’s a tedious, poorly-written mishmash of “got pissed, got laid, spewed, fuck yeah.” As you’d pretty much expect from Schoolies’ Week…. Read More ›
Open Mumbai attacks thread
I have no idea what to say, I just didn’t want to fail to acknowledge that this is happening. My thoughts and sympathies are with the hostages, the injured and the families of the dead.
GPs: still not good enough to offer contraception and mental health advice
Family doctors are still not permitted to prescribe isotretinoin (Roaccutane) in Australia. The drug, used only for severe cystic acne, can be dangerous to fetuses and has been linked (inconclusively) with suicidal ideation and behaviour. We’re all pre-pregnant until proven… Read More ›
Smoking ban while driving “not road safety” and wouldn’t be enforced, says cop head
Independent Janet Woollard, MLA for Alfred Cover, is introducing a new law to ban cigarette smoking while driving in a car with children in WA (among various other public-smoking limits). Before the Bill has been considered by Parliament, the Police… Read More ›
Poisoning cats and babies
WA Today: “Cat deaths linked to pet food“: Unexplained chronic illness and death among Sydney cats has been linked to a gourmet imported pet food withdrawn from stores over the past three weeks. A cat neurologist, Georgina Child, has put… Read More ›
Roxon’s new Men’s Health Ambassadors are frothing homophobes/misogynists
I’ve been ranting about this on twitter, but most of you aren’t there. I’m completely bemused, gobsmacked, and hornswoggled by Nicola Roxon’s new Men’s Health Ambassadors. They might not be salaried, but they’re going to get their travel expenses paid… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 