Firstly, the obligatory funny picture: From ICHC Dave at Orcinus: If conservatives really, really hate being called fascists … #6 … then maybe they ought to quit talking like them. Suzanne Kleid at McSweeney: ABSTINENCE-ONLY DRIVER’S ED: stamping out unbridled… Read More ›
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Plural term
for the H.A.T. commentariat: “hoydenizens”? Any better ideas? And what about a collective noun? A chortle of hoydenizens? A snark? A gimlet?
Spent day with camera (and partner)
Thus no blogging. We walked around the Sculpture by the Sea track, and then went to some ponds covered in waterlilies. I’ll get those shots up on Flickr tomorrow, once I’ve sorted through the best. (Addit: OK, I’ve started putting… Read More ›
Too busy to blog: here, have some kittehs
Should have more time to write next week.
Wednesday Wow: Painted Clouds
I needed something tranquil after reading about antisocial trends in multi–player gaming forums.
Feeling just a little bit delicate
This mob got me boozing yesterday morning, and the bubbly was so nice we kinda kept going for the rest of the day. Drowning our rugby sorrows, I guess. So, light posting from me today. Originally uploaded by tigitogs in… Read More ›
Always suspected it
Stephen Fry is a geek, and now he’s blogging. The first post is an (exhaustively) comprehensive review of the iPhone and its competitors, and his second post is on the nature of fame. They are long, which is why he… Read More ›
Urban Clown Posse, Avian Division
This morning, a pair of sulphur crested cockatoos decided that my neighbour’s citrus trees desperately needed pruning. They were chopping off branch-tips 30-40cm long, and throwing them into the air. Oranges and lemons were also snipped to plop noisily on… Read More ›
Spring in my garden
The blossom feeding parrot is a lorikeet. The tree is a Pohutukawa.
Wish I could read German
I love the button anyway. Wonder why the button’s in English when the site isn’t?
Hoyden About Town 