In what workplace is it ok for the employees to vote publicly on who’s the sexiest? Australia’s Parliament House. The Courier-Mail reports: Kate Ellis, the vivacious federal Minister for Youth and Sport, has been chosen as Australia’s sexiest MP in… Read More ›
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Skeptical Sunday: Stop Sylvia Browne
Exactly what it says, really. Sylvia Browne. It’s a name which causes strong reactions in a lot of people. To her fans, who believe that she is a “true psychic medium,” she is a down-to-earth, spiritually deep woman who, with… Read More ›
The Unilever Files: Still Wishing That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle
Via The F-Word: this Pot Noodle advertisement is back. You’ll NEVER GUESS what company makes this. Unilever. Hard to believe, I know. They have no history of bigoted advertising at all, do they?
SF Sunday: success by stealth?
The best rant on io9 this week: If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season’s biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson novel Anathem, adamantly classified as Not Scifi? Because nerd… Read More ›
House-hunting: traps and peeves
Via The Worst of Perth, this space-warped Shenton Park apartment, which reminds me of a certain scene from Jurassic Park. Crappy photographs are one of the biggest things that get on my wick. In this era of internet house-hunting, I… Read More ›
Wag of the finger for some of the runners of Sydney
It would not bloody kill you to go and run somewhere other than the clifftop-walk between Tamarama and Bondi Beach while it’s full of crowds viewing the annual Sculptures By The Sea exhibition. You do not own this piece of… Read More ›
Obstreperation round-up
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 ›
So when did you last back up your computer?
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 ›
SF Sunday: worst costumes evah!
Two to kick off: Sting’s metal budgie-smuggler from Dune, or Leia’s metalkini from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? Does it surprise anybody that leiasmetalbikini.com exists? (I didn’t bother to visit, if anyone does please report) I note in passing… Read More ›
The most potent weapon in the PC arsenal
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Disgust Disgust, originally uploaded by Spencer Batchelder. Yep, that’s the nastiest munition we have here at… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 