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• Whoydensday: Guess Who’s Guesting?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 6 )

  Update: Oops – forgot that some people might not like casting spoilers. Moving the casting rumours to the end of the post behind a cut. The title of the Christmas Episode has been revealed: The Next Doctor. RTD is mucking… Read More ›

• Obstreperation round-up

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 3 )

  Just the most recent posts from my feed-reader that have made me stroppy: Yarl’s Wood staff steal legal guide from asylum seeker from The F-Word Blog by Jess McCabe Anti-choice website: Being a teen mom is cool! from Feministing by… Read More ›

• Reclaim The Night, 30 October (and thereabouts)

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-22 • ( 6 )

  I was just reading the comments on this Shakesville thread, “Feminism 101“, when a press release for Reclaim the Night, from the Cross Campus Womyns Network in Melbourne, dropped into my inbox. The Shakes thread opens: The Right To Go… Read More ›

• Hitchens on Palin

  By tigtog on 2008-10-22 • ( 3 )

  Watch how a real maverick works. The emphasis on experience is in many ways the wrong one (rather as it has been when directed at Sen. Barack Obama). The problem with Gov. Palin is not that she lacks experience. It’s… Read More ›

• So when did you last back up your computer?

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 4 )

  Luckily, mr tog did a full back up only two days ago. He clicked on the site which rebooted his computer and installed something evil on his boot sector late last night. Seeing as his is the primary computer for… Read More ›

• I shall wear purple

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-21 • ( 14 )

  I have grey hair! Last time I went for a haircut, I had about two grey hairs on the right temple. Now I’m quite distinctly going salt ‘n’ pepper at the temples, if you look closely. I have half a… Read More ›

• Election Watch: only two weeks to go for the presidential poll!

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 4 )

  Photo of the Week: the McCain funnyface. Video of the Week: Palin on Saturday Night Live. Canadian election: Stephen Harper is PM again New Zealand election: still got 2 and a half weeks of campaigning to go, with their polling… Read More ›

• Virtual Travelling: Pause for Reflection, wherever we are

  By tigtog on 2008-10-21 • ( 1 )

  It’s always irresistible when travelling with a camera, isn’t it? Any gorgeous reflections that you happen upon. Of course, some of the shots below have been meticulously planned by shutterbugs who know their local area and its lighting intimately. All… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: From a national on-line newspaper.

  By Guest Poster on 2008-10-21 • ( 6 )

  Author: the mystery guest hoyden who didn’t tag her post! These headlines appear in the sidebar, one under the other. Parenting No, it’s not big bones Parents are in denial about their obese kids, with half claiming their fat offspring… Read More ›

• Linkfest: from steampunk to flamingos

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-21 • ( 10 )

  Check out Sophie’s Steampunk Suffragette costume, now at the Hoydens About! flickr pool. She wore this for the Wasteland Steampunk convention. ~~~~ I’ve a guest post up at Shakesville, reprising the Monica Dux saga and responding to her article which… Read More ›

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