Life

Marry, Shag or Cliff? Politics and corruption edition

By tigtog on 2012-10-26 • ( 26 )

Remember the rules? It’s been a while: you must choose one of each of the three candidates to match each fate. No skipping any.

Or you could just talk about your favourite television dramas, since this is just a hook to hang some pop culture on.

Whimsy: Halloween house lights Gangnam style

By tigtog on 2012-10-24 • ( 8 )

Halloween house lights are a thing? Who knew? Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you: think of these threads as a brain-bleach repository.

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By tigtog on 2012-10-20 • ( 23 )

These cute baby river otters are from SeaWorld in San Diego. Zooborns reckons they are kissing, I reckon they’re sharing secrets!

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

A little idea

By Mindy on 2012-10-18 • ( 18 )

I’ve been thinking about this whole abortion thing that lots of men in US politics seem to be tying themselves in knots about in their haste to legislate women’s rights and women’s bodies away. It came to me the other… Read More ›

a photo of a stencil-art stripey cat on a brick wall in Newtown

Only in Newtown?

By tigtog on 2012-10-18 • ( 4 )

Mohawk Snake Guy. On a skateboard. Moving too fast for me to get my camera out in time.

Wednesday Whimsy

By Jo Tamar on 2012-10-17 • ( 4 )

Please share links to anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you. Self promotion encouraged.

Life at 5: group shot of parents and children

Life at 7: discussion thread

By Mary on 2012-10-16 • ( 26 )

The fourth pair of Life documentaries about Australian children is here: Life at 7. What do you think?

Felix Baumgartner and Joe Kittinger post together before Baumgartner's jump

ObFreeFallSpaceJump post: a little detail I was glad to discover

By tigtog on 2012-10-15 • ( 2 )

Because I obviously haven’t been paying enough attention, I hadn’t realised that Joseph Kittinger, the USAF officer who previously held the record for highest/fastest freefall parachute jump after the 1959-60 Project Excelsior research into high-altitude bailouts, was part of the team for Felix Baumgartner’s successful attempt on those records.

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2012-10-13 • ( 21 )

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?