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• Chunderama

  By tigtog on 2008-03-16 • ( 4 )

  Kathryn Jean Lopez at Townhall wishes the USA could have John Howard for their next President. In the final paragraphs she gets to her real point, which is that John McCain just isn’t conservative enough, and by damn he ought… Read More ›

• Weekend Wibble: Animals Have All The Fun

  By lauredhel on 2008-03-15 • ( 8 )

  Checking out the Dark Roasted Blend “Animals Have All The Fun” series, these two shots tickled my fancy. Enjoy.

• “Through heredity great things might be accomplished for the human race – as great things as have been achieved in the improvement of horses and cattle, fruits and flowers.”

  By lauredhel on 2008-03-14 • ( 5 )

  Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The original post is here. Today, chapter II, Making Marriage A Success. For Rebekkka. ~~~ Marriage is dual life; and life, we rightly say, is what we make it. How can this double… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Zoe Goss

  By lauredhel on 2008-03-14 • ( 5 )

  Who can forget that golden moment when Zoe Goss dismissed Brian Lara? Goss was part of the Bradman XI side playing in the Bradman Foundation charity match in 1994. She bowled two for 60 off ten overs, including the wicket… Read More ›

• If the garbo truck didn’t wake me up before sparrows ack emma every week…

  By tigtog on 2008-03-14 • ( 10 )

  leading me to almost always suddenly remember “arrgh! the prawn heads!” and fang it out to the bin before the garbos get to my driveway, then I don’t think my neighbour’s bins would hardly ever get emptied. I race out,… Read More ›

• Animal story of the day

  By tigtog on 2008-03-13 • ( 3 )

  Image credit: TV3 NZ Dolphin rescues stranded NZ whales A dolphin has guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said. […] A dolphin, named Moko… Read More ›

• Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby

  By lauredhel on 2008-03-13 • ( 11 )

  [image source] I’ve just finished listening to Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby’s show this morning. I really like Margaret Throsby – a relaxed and respectful interviewer, she draws her guests out, allows them plenty of space, gets down to personal… Read More ›

• Failing to see the wood for the trees

  By tigtog on 2008-03-13 • ( 3 )

  Lisa Cuprio’s main thesis in Women keep maiden names for more than feminist reasons is this: In the past, women who declined to take their husbands’ names might be considered careerists or feminists. Today, a new breed of women who… Read More ›

• The War on Drugs now a mortal sin: Indexed

  By lauredhel on 2008-03-12 • ( 3 )

  Indexed, as always, has a clever take on the new Seven Deadly Sins announced by the Vatican this week. [The list used is a slight tweak on the list announced in the media, but the substance is the same.] As… Read More ›

• What way do you see her spin?

  By tigtog on 2008-03-12 • ( 19 )

  I missed this last October, butaccording to the Herald-Sun (in what is till one of their most-emailed stories), whether you see the dancer spin clockwise or anticlockwise indicates which hemisphere of your brain is dominant. I’m curious as to which… Read More ›

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