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• What I Did On My Holidays*: post 1

  By tigtog on 2007-12-30 • ( 3 )

  I corrected a misspelt sign, but alas, it was only a temporary measure. *with apologies to Mr T. Pratchett and his character Twoflower

• Posts that say it better than I could

  By tigtog on 2007-12-29 • ( 8 )

  I’ve wanted to comment on both these stories, but time and tide have washed up excellent posts that I can’t improve upon. Bernice Balconey on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Lauren on Jamie-Lyn Spears’ pregnancy at age 16. I realise that the… Read More ›

• Boxing Day on Bruny Island

  By tigtog on 2007-12-27 • ( 3 )

  Did everybody have a nice few days off? I haven’t had the time to check in at the old internet cafe so often, because we’ve been driving around south-eastern Tasmania, stopping only to take the occasional boat-cruise and eat seafood… Read More ›

• Ninth Carnival of the Radical Feminists

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-26

  The Ninth Carnival of the Radical Feminists is up at ladoctorita. Check it out.

• Love in the Time of Cholera: A Cantankerous Boxing Day Review

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-26 • ( 5 )

  What the hell is up with all the praise lavished on “Love In The Time Of Cholera”? While the prose describing the setting and background was competent and at times evocative, the central theme is not a great romance. It… Read More ›

• A Christmas paean to Akismet

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-26 • ( 3 )

  The comment autospamulatron we use at Hoyden About Town is Akismet. As of right now, it is reporting: “Akismet has caught 99,993 spam for you since you first installed it.” I figure that we’ll hit the 100,000 mark sometime within… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas!

  By tigtog on 2007-12-25 • ( 3 )

  This was taken on our big holiday last year, in the picturesque resort town of Fagernes, Norway. I’ve been hanging out to turn it into a Xmas card ever since. Merry Christmas all of you, and thank you so much… Read More ›

• Hurrah for bookshops with internet!

  By tigtog on 2007-12-24 • ( 1 )

  I can now check my email and make brief posts! I’m thoroughly enjoying my time with the rels etc except for the lack of the internet, and I am medicating my distress with copious lashings of seafood and wine. I… Read More ›

• Scoldmas: Rosanna Capolingua can bite me.

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-23 • ( 5 )

  The pres of the AMA has weighed in to lecture us all on our deficient Christmas present buying behaviour. Apparently we should be only buying gifts that encourage the recipient to Exercise! in a Morally! Upright! Manner! Computer games are… Read More ›

• Melbourne Anglican Diocese supports the decriminalisation of abortion

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-22 • ( 8 )

  Props to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne! The Bendigo Advertiser reports that they have put in their submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission‘s examination of the possible decriminalisation of abortion. And the Church is in favour. An all-woman taskforce… Read More ›

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