There’s allegedly an upcoming film loosely based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses incorporating elements of the Jeff Gannon scandal – sqeeeee! The working title is Bulldog in the White House, hmmmmm. I found that out while researching LLD adaptations for the… Read More ›
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Tennessee parents send kids to church camp to make them ex-gay
I happened today to read an old story (nearly a year ago!) about a brief scandal in Tennessee about fundamentalist reorientation camps for teens with same-sex attraction, to one of which a 16 year-old boy was allegedly sent against his… Read More ›
Enjoying the plight in Tasmania
No, not the plight of the miners – like everyone else, I anticipate their imminent rescue with a warm feeling in my gut, and really hope they’re out to cheer on their teammates on the footy field this Saturday. UPDATE:… Read More ›
Outgeeked by kiloparsecs
A few days ago I commented on a thread at Other Andrew’s about the planned upcoming Star Trek Movie. We speculated on how it will cope with the pre-Enterprise years of Spock and Kirk. We are amateurs.
Too busy reading
to post much. The Road to Surfdom has a brand new look and lots of good gen on the government’s mishandling of the Pvt. Kovco fatality, the slow response of Aussie RWDB bloggers to the call of the 101st Fighting… Read More ›
The invisible friends have been busy
…finding fabulous stuff. Via oddprofessor through non-blog channels (they do still exist), some basic US political facts with a sense of humour : Speaking as an educator, this is very well done. The discrepancies noted here have telling points with… Read More ›
Australian legal abortion – a clarification?
This article from yesterday’s Age deserves to be reproduced in full. Abortion crime vote bidBy Jason Dowling, State PoliticsApril 30, 2006 LATE-TERM abortion could be removed from the Crimes Act and placed under the Health Act if the Bracks Government… Read More ›
Kovco questions
Just a quick acknowlegement that my previous post on Anzac Day which referred to Pvt. Kovco’s death from a firearm discharge in a secure area strongly implied that Pvt. Kovco committed suicide, and with fuller information I now realise that… Read More ›
Belated Friday Random 10 – First Ever iPod edition
So Mr Tog is the best spouse ever, and got me a video iPod for my anniversary gift. So far only have 129 songs on it, but ripping some Nick Cave as I write. Now I can join all the… Read More ›
Happy Anniversary to Us!
15 years married today. We’re taking the tigtogsprogs to Nana and Papa’s to stay for the night, and then we’re going out on the town for dinner and a show (Dylan Moran, Irish comedian who wrote/starred in Black Books). So,… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 