but in some ways we Aussies are fortunate in our public opiners, despite the regularly boggling bloviations of Bolt, Blair, Devine, Albrechtsen et al: at least
consumerism
Quiz oTD
Nestle are selling this product in Laos.
What do you think it is?
spoiler space
Okay, so the bling is annoying
but I can get past that. I really can’t see the need for pink and white rhinestone encrusted tape dispensers, computer mouses, calculators, staplers, USB ports, or keyboards. Nor can I see how having a pink mini toolkit, keyboard, gardening tool… Read More ›
Mailbag: Junk mail and Code breaches
I was poking through my junk mail, which has multiplied with the advent of the Season of Consumerism. And I thought I’d share some tidbits. Dick Smith: anyone for “massage”? I’m guessing this is even legal in Texas! “Rechargable Hydra… Read More ›
Focus: Design
Stephen Colbert this week looked at the case of Jerilea Zempel, a fibre artist who was arrested at the US/Canadian border a couple of months ago – for having drawn an SUV. The drawing was a base sketch for a… Read More ›
Structural engineering in pursuit of the model rigid bust
Everything about this bra description makes me think, “I really wouldn’t want to ever wear that”. “The same engineering that holds up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has been used in the Jeunique bra” “Jeunique bras are healthy… Read More ›
Linkoree
Eureka Street: The nun and the burqa, by Bronwyn Lay I wonder how a fully garbed nun, living a reclusive life of prayer and consenting to the authority of a male Pope/Bishop, would fare. I doubt the nun would be… Read More ›
Pirelli 2009 calendar hits every -ism in the book
Warning: most of the images below the cut are wildly offensive, racist, and contain strong sexualised violence triggers. The same applies to all of the links in this post. Sociological Images features some photos from Pirelli’s car-tyre calendar. The calendar… Read More ›
Risk: “Man Up”
Classic game Risk has manned up. Yes, laydeez, you’re no longer welcome. Nor are you girly-boys, either. Sociological Images has the scoop. Yes, it’s by Hasbro, home of slagpiles of Disney Princess paraphernalia, My Little Pony, Baby Alive, Littlest Pet… Read More ›
Poisoning cats and babies
WA Today: “Cat deaths linked to pet food“: Unexplained chronic illness and death among Sydney cats has been linked to a gourmet imported pet food withdrawn from stores over the past three weeks. A cat neurologist, Georgina Child, has put… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 