Although I am, to quote an old Sandra Boynton gag, “eruditer than you” (or at least most), I still found reading through the composition quoted below involved more than a handful of false starts and reversals. Via Making Light, via… Read More ›
Life
Work/Life/Family Balance in NSW
On a day dominated by the media attempting to beat up a story about NSW Premier Morris Iemma taking time off to spend the school holidays with his young children, another story got hardly any traction. Both stories tie into… Read More ›
Today’s bit of fun: medical marvels
Check out this Worth-1000 competition to produce a Photoshopped medical anomaly. Most of them are a bit of fun, but I prefer the more subtle ones: Have a poke around Worth 1000 while you’re there. Check out Archaeological Anomalies, Alternate… Read More ›
Stunning News
Guest posted by Kate Harding Item: School childhood obesity programs are failing, experts say Any person looking at the published literature about these programs would have to conclude that they are generally not working, said Tom Baranowski, a pediatrics professor… Read More ›
It’s not just the moustache
This guest post is by Helen on the Cast Iron Balcony. Aaaaaaargh! It’s (gag) happened! Elizabeth and the dweeby, creepy, moustached Anthony have finally realised that each other is their Only Trew Love, and they’re going at it like… well,… Read More ›
Rearranging accessibility: more on invisible disability accommodations
I wrote a post a while ago titled Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities. It was a personal narrative of some of my experience with chronic fatigue syndrome. In it I mentioned a couple of accessibility problems that… Read More ›
Sunday Sunset Scent-blogging
Some of you know that I’m a bit of a soapmaker[1] – so I’m fascinated by scents. Today I stumbled across gurl.com, and, fighting my way past the blinking shopping mall ads and the Nair infomercials, I spotted this “My… Read More ›
Weekend Wobot: Woomba
Hot on the heels of floral-soaked feminine hygiene products everywhere comes Woomba, taking the hard work out of women’s business. A miniature disc-shaped robot, Woomba is pink (of course), sensor-equipped, and fully-automated. Set and forget! (if the Youtube link doesn’t… Read More ›
Fat a Greater Threat than Drug Abuse, Smoking, or Alcohol
Guest post by Kate Harding (and cross-posted a couple places) So say 40.4% of people 18-24, according to The Brogan Survey. Asked to rank obesity, smoking, drugs and alcohol in order of perceived “greatest threat to public health,” most people… Read More ›
Read ‘Ems: more on the NT plan, barefaced hypocrisy, and a couple of amusing tidbits
What I’m reading today: 1. The AMA call has come. Yesterday’s email brought a plea from the AMA to volunteer 2-4 weeks in a central Australian community to perform governmental health checks on children. The email opens with a big… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 