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Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014

By Mindy on 2014-01-28 • ( 1 )

My reading list for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014.

Reimagining the C.W.A.

By Guest Poster on 2014-01-28 • ( 15 )

Guest Post by Alex Skud Bayley

…mutual support, community service, skill-building, learning about issues facing women both locally and overseas, and advocacy on behalf of women. So far so good! So why is it that, on the whole, the Country Women’s Association is so ossified?

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2014-01-25 • ( 15 )

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 good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Sometimes I miss my USENet rotating .sig file

By tigtog on 2014-01-20 • ( 3 )

Because this would totally go in the collection: vivid imagery, concisely expressed in under 4 lines – the essence of a .sig quote.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2014-01-18 • ( 23 )

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 good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Today In Things The Internet Just Told Me

By tigtog on 2014-01-14 • ( 2 )

I need sleep, but I can’t go to bed without sharing my newfound knowledge that Unicycle Hockey is a thing. A thing with leagues and tournaments and everything.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By tigtog on 2014-01-11 • ( 20 )

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 good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Martini with olive.

The Totally Esoteric Cocktail Party

By Anna on 2014-01-08 • ( 20 )

It looks like we need a spillover thread from the Totally Esoteric Thread, since Hildy and tigtog have lots to talk about regarding biomechanics, and I really want to ask kittehserf why that particular Louis. Feel free to chat, mingle,… Read More ›

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2014-01-04 • ( 23 )

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 good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

In the foreground we see the silhouettes of seated people, watching the fireworks show in the distance

NYE Open Thread

By tigtog on 2013-12-31 • ( 11 )

Another bonus Open thread for the festive season. Share your current delights and frustrations, your best/worst bits of 2013, your hopes/fears for 2014, or anything else you want to talk about right now.