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SF Sunday: must read novels

By tigtog on 2008-09-07 • ( 30 )

I’ve only managed 5 on this list: The Twenty Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life. I’ve particularly missed most of the ones less than 10 years old, except for Cryptonomicon. How about you lot? Plus: what would you… Read More ›

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2008-09-06 • ( 58 )

Today’s otter is from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, via Cute Otters. They have a new African Spotted-Necked otter baby named Ziwa, after the Swahili word for “lake” or “pond”. Ziwa will be three months old tomorrow, which is getting close… Read More ›

Linkage in lieu of a post

By tigtog on 2008-09-05 • ( 8 )

Lucy Tartan’s latest Reading Log is giving me ideas for my bedside book pile. Antivax: new evidence shows (again) no link to autism from Bad Astronomy by Phil Plait Best explanation for the non-existence of global warming ever from Pharyngula… Read More ›

Marry, Shag, Cliff: Classic ER

By lauredhel on 2008-09-04 • ( 16 )

I remember watching that first episode of ER. Like you, I gasped when Carol Hathaway was wheeled in. It’s the first time I recall a TV show dealing with the sharp end of suicide attempts on TV. Hathaway was originally… Read More ›

Thursday Cheezburger, and Delurking Day

By lauredhel on 2008-09-04 • ( 25 )

We’ve declared this week, being the first week of the month, to be Delurking Week! If you’ve been reading along, give us a hoy and let us know you’re there – either here (feel free to post your favourite LOLcat… Read More ›

Whoydensday: movie speculation

By tigtog on 2008-09-03 • ( 7 )

I suppose the rumours had to start. From GallifreyOne: Doctor Who has been named the show that people would most like to see adapted for the cinema. A Radio Times online poll in July and August saw some 2,300 readers… Read More ›

Spring!

By tigtog on 2008-09-01 • ( 4 )

Spring photos from around the world, culled from a Flickr image search 1. Reading in the flowers, 2. simply green and blue, 3. Have a quiet weekend ! 🙂, 4. Panonian sea, 5. spring snow beauty darkforce, 6. Today, The… Read More ›

Hurricane Gustav

By lauredhel on 2008-08-30 • ( 13 )

[edited 31 Aug: CNN map updated.] My thoughts go out to any Hoydenizens in the path or trail of Hurricane Gustav. Stay safe.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2008-08-30 • ( 39 )

Dara is thought to be the only hairy-nosed otter in legal captivity. He was rescued in December, and re-homed in the Phnom Tamau Zoo. The hairy-nosed otter is endangered by hunters seeking fur, medicine, and pets, and by loss of… Read More ›