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• Wednesday Wow

  By tigtog on 2007-08-15

  This one’s really worth looking at in the largest size that flickr offers – fabulous depth of field.

• More from the Minister for Patronising Minors

  By tigtog on 2007-08-15 • ( 8 )

  Shorter Julie Bishop: Oh, you poor dear children, isn’t it terrible that political activists have hijacked your Rock Eisteddfod with anti-war messages when I know how much nicer everything would be if you performed something cheery?

• “It’s just like a normal external bra!”Snoopy-nosed Redundant Skin Envelopes

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-14 • ( 34 )

  From Israel21c via Women’s Health News comes this new surgical procedure designed to help women fork out piles of cash and a world of pain for patriarchally-approved body shape: Minimally Invasive Mastopexy. Because we all have a disease, you see,… Read More ›

• Film: The Flying Scotsman

  By tigtog on 2007-08-13 • ( 2 )

  Just came back from seeing a preview with the family. We all enjoyed it. There are some great comic moments as well as the feelgood drama of an athlete on the fringe making his mark without the backing of a… Read More ›

• She’s a floorwaxer and a dessert topping!

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-13 • ( 16 )

  Unilever, Unilever, Unilever. The company that brought us the marketing triumphs of Slimfast formula for fatties, and Lynx/Axe perfumed men’s body products. Now Unilever had rebranded hair-product range Suave for the noughties, with their “Pretty Mommy Movement” (retch). The catchphrases?… Read More ›

• Western Australian birth statistics.

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-11 • ( 20 )

  Western Australian birthing statistics These are stats for 2005. In other words, there’s a good chance things are actually worse right now in terms of overuse of interventions. C section rate 33.9%. This is rising dramatically. In 1991, it was… Read More ›

• Rorschach Vegblot Testing

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-11

  Do I just have women and birthing on the brain right now? I’ve been flicking through the collection of unusually-shaped vegetables at the Mutato Collection. These ones stood out to me:

• Friday Hoyden: Nova Peris

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-10 • ( 3 )

  A Friday Hoyden for you: sporting legend Nova Peris, also known as Nova Peris-Kneebone, also known by her current married name, Nova Batman. Nova Peris Kneebone was born in Darwin 1971, a member of a family who are traditional owners… Read More ›

• Friday Snickers

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-10 • ( 2 )

  Things that made me giggle this week. From SpareRoom NZ:

• One for the Albee aficionados

  By tigtog on 2007-08-10 • ( 1 )

  Those who don’t already know this trivia, anyway. Just listened to Edward Albee in a radio interview, and he said that when he originally sold the movie rights to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf to Hollywood, he asked who they… Read More ›

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