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• Congratulations to Melissa and Lauren (and anyone else whose red state went blue)

  By tigtog on 2008-11-06 • ( 7 )

  Who are both elated that Indiana went blue for the first time since the 60s! Melissa as a resident just went nucking futs, while Lauren as an expat Hoosier has a great election response roundup. More election response: Kate Harding… Read More ›

• US Election ’08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-05 • ( 6 )

  Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›

• Projected Results

  By tigtog on 2008-11-05 • ( 7 )

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• Vote08 Liveblogging

  By tigtog on 2008-11-04 • ( 23 )

  Starting from 6am Wednesday here (which will be 2pm Tuesday US East Coast time). That should have given the polling counts enough time to show up some trends, but still enough voting time left for us all to be doing some nail-biting.

• The quintessential American food?

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-04 • ( 36 )

  In an IM conversation with tigtog, I started contemplating what to serve up for dinner tomorrow. We usually have a hot dog dinner on the Fourth of July, so what to serve on Election Day? My first impulse was hot… Read More ›

• I’m UnAustralian redux

  By tigtog on 2008-11-04 • ( 32 )

  Two years ago I posted both here and at LP about how I’m not all that keen on the Melbourne Cup. I don’t bet on it, and I don’t deliberately watch it. As I’m not part of a socialising workplace,… Read More ›

• Virtual Travelling: Sunset at Rhossili Bay, The Gower

  By tigtog on 2008-11-04 • ( 5 )

  .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Slow Worm, originally uploaded by Sean Bolton. The rocky outcrop offshore is the Worm’s Head, “wyrm” being the Old… Read More ›

• Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Penguin Unearthed!

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-03 • ( 3 )

  It’s Carnival Time! Penguin Unearthed has the Sixth Down Under Carnival of the Feminists up. The carnival opens with a collection of posts about its focus, feminism and the workplace, then moves on to feminist mothering, sexual harassment, art, elections,… Read More ›

• “Are Republicans healthier than Democrats?”

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-03 • ( 6 )

  What am I missing, here? Red State Blue State quotes from a study that found that people in poorer health tend to vote Democrat. This is a big ol’ “duh”, surely – people who don’t have temporarily-able-bodied privilege are more… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: Politicians rate each other by sex appeal

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-03 • ( 13 )

  In what workplace is it ok for the employees to vote publicly on who’s the sexiest? Australia’s Parliament House. The Courier-Mail reports: Kate Ellis, the vivacious federal Minister for Youth and Sport, has been chosen as Australia’s sexiest MP in… Read More ›

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