It’s been a while since our last Open Thread, and I couldn’t let this headline pass without sharing it here: Otter at Red River Zoo Destroys OtterBox-Protected Phone
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Miscellaneous
“Country”
[Inspired by: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/abbott-defends-indigenous-communities-lifestyle-choice/6300218 – particularly the comment thread] I was born in Western Australia, and I lived most of my life until I was about 27 in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. I then moved to Canberra, in the ACT,… Read More ›
So, stuff will be happening here soon
In the meantime, all comments are closed.
Sponsor me to support the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia
I’m raising funds (here’s my sponsorship page) for the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, and tackling negative perceptions of femininity at the same time.
Can you offer emergency animal foster care in Brisbane area?
Several RSPCA animal shelters are flooded or about to be. I’m donating, since I’m too far away to foster.
Please only call RSPCA QLD hotlines if you have an animal emergency.
Email offers of help or donate through the website.
Barbara Moore’s book launch today in Melbourne: Cosmic Collisions and Falling Bodies
With apologies for the late notice. Please also note that Barbara Moore’s book has now been published by MacMillan, and her sister will be receiving her Master’s degree this weekend. ~~~ Last Year we posted an obituary honouring the life… Read More ›
Children are awesome
My scooter stopped today, while I was out with the Lad. Just … stopped. No lights, no fuel indicator lights, no beepability, brakes locked on. “Bother”[1], thought I, “that’s going to be a right pain in the buttocks”. There were… Read More ›
Quickhit: Mental clinic bans patient from nursing
THE enrolled nurse Alistair Colgrave was driving home after his first shift at a psychiatric unit on the north shore when he received a call from his boss telling him not to return.
Second thoughts about that semicolon?
The Oatmeal explains how to do it right; all hail the wisdom of The Oatmeal! P.S. The Oatmeal also has a handy dandy How To Use An Apostrophe guide. Go on, you know you want to send it to someone… Read More ›
Quickhit: Police steal mobility aid, leave PWD crying in the street
Mobility News : Police apologise to woman after seizing mobility scooter: ” A disabled woman from Ayr in south-west Scotland has received an apology from the local constabulary after one officer wrongly seized her mobility scooter. Mia Spalvieri had asked… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 