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• Thursday Cheezburger, and Delurking Day

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-22 • ( 5 )

  And today’s theme is: Rescue! It’s also our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite macro (post the link and wait for Admin… Read More ›

• Fought and died “for the flag”?

  By tigtog on 2009-10-22 • ( 5 )

  One thing that leaped out at me during the media blitz on the Battle of Trafalgar flag that fetched a record price at auction is that it brought out one of my least favourite pieces of rhetoric from the anonymous flag collector who won the auction, in a radio interview, about the connection he felt to those who had “fought and died for this flag”.

  Sweet FSM, that phrase raises all my hackles.

• Linkblurt: We Are Immobilised

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-21 • ( 17 )

  Linkblurt: College student’s wheelchair stolen from campus A disabled college student is having trouble getting around campus, after someone stole his motorized wheelchair. […] Horus had locked it up and left it charging overnight. When he returned to campus, it… Read More ›

• “But what do we CAAAALL them?” – the language of shackling

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-19 • ( 18 )

  [This has been cross-posted at FWD/Forward.] I don’t know who David Southwell is when he’s at home, but he’s showing his arse big-time over at his “Sub in the Pub” blog at news.com.au. Following up on the story about the… Read More ›

• We are abandoned

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-19 • ( 14 )

  news.com.au: “Wheelchair-bound man left halfway up Mount Snowdon” [via whooz_queen] A wheelchair-bound man suffered mild exposure after being abandoned halfway up a mountain by a group of charity climbers who gave up carrying him. The 31-year-old man was left sitting… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – October 19, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-10-19 • ( 7 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Guest Blogger Starling: Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: Want Androcur? Join the Sex Offender Registry!

  By Wildly Parenthetical on 2009-10-18 • ( 8 )

  ETA (18 Oct 2009): This may, in fact, be complete rumour, everyone! Apologies for not checking; I didn’t realise the PBS was online. If you look here, you can see that there are multiple indications under which it can be… Read More ›

• So, we just missed Pastor Danny Nalliah at Mt Ainslie yesterday

  By tigtog on 2009-10-18 • ( 6 )

  I’d forgotten all about the panicmongering from Catch the Fire ministries about alleged blood sacrifices by witches on the mountain-top from a few weeks ago, but Saturday was the day of the exorcism for the evil spirits raised by these rust stains at the base of an air safety beacon just below the summit.

• Accessibility bouquet, and how about shade for “accessible” parking?

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-18 • ( 14 )

  And an accessibility bouquet goes… to a staff member at a Telstra shop today. They offered wordlessly to serve me on-scooter or on-chair, without making a fuss. When the staff member started to explain the plans in spoken-word, I asked… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-17 • ( 36 )

  Reminder: Hoyden About Town has moved to http://www.hoydenabouttown.com. Please update your blogrolls and bookmarks! Please also re-subscribe, to make sure you are using the new Feedburner feed. Today’s otter comes via MyAngel 27 on flickr. The bronze statue is from… Read More ›

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