Today’s theme is Exercise.
Life
Some of this bloke’s friends will be defending him right now
Man admits to elaborate online stalking campaign against girlfriend: will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty at Southampton magistrates’ court on Monday to a charge of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Otterday! And Open Thread. Now with bonus CAKE!
I don’t know quite what we’re celebrating, but today we have bonus CAKE! With otter decoration. Own up! Which Hoydenizen’s having a birthday this week? This photo comes courtesy of Shindigs Girl on flickr.
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? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
I ♥ axial tilt and elliptical orbits
Because without them we wouldn’t have seasons. Happy September equinox, all.
Just as the planking bandwagon
Just when you thought planking was finished.
Thursday Cheezburger – Pirates
Today’s theme is Pirates.
Who’s afraid of feminists raising sons?
I’m a huge Lionel Shriver fan – difficult, divisive, dark and absolutely enthralling. My sister and her friend and I trade Shriver novels and can talk about them endlessly. I have often thought that I’d like to belong not to… Read More ›
Girls Not Brides, a new campaign against child marriage
From the press release: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr Gro Brundtland and Mary Robinson will draw global attention to the neglected issue of child marriage during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York, 19-23 September. […] Each year, an… Read More ›
BFTP: Hyphenating – who goes first?
…what is seen as usual – the woman’s name first, the man’s name last. This has become so customary that when my husband and I chose to hyphenate our surnames for the kids with his name first and my name last it was considered odd.
Repost: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father
Colour us as unreasonably demanding, but women do tend to want a little bit more than a guy who simply refrains from being nasty like it’s some great sacrifice (which implies that he might just stop refraining from being nasty if he doesn’t feel appreciated enough, so watch it).
Hoyden About Town 