Check out ' Oh John Ringo No!' as to why this allusion is particularly appropriate.

No cuts, for extreme anger.

Okay, THIS just amazes me. People are seriously having discourse about this and cannot see how it is wrong in fundamental ways ( Read more... )

So last week was International Blog Against Racism Week and I'm annoyed at myself for having missed it this year ( Read more... )

The Australian parliament (meaning both the party in power and the opposition, united) has formally apologised to the indigenous people of Australia for wrongs committed against them by the government, including discrimination, forced separation, racist acts and degradation. It by no means erases the suffering that the Aboriginal people have ( Read more... )

I decided to do a roundup of the books I read last year in an attempt to see just what genres I read - partially so I can expand my repertoire and read a bit more broadly. I know I am an impatient reviewer and I suspect my reviews don’t actually make a lot of sense. Seriously, am I encouraging anyone to read with the blather I write ( Read more... )

I periodically change the icons for my desktop folders - I have one for my research, one for my research assistant work, one for stuff-to-do, etc. I change the picture according to whimsy or finding a really suitable icon.

( Iconage that in no way represents my psyche. Really. )

TV is empowering the women of India

An interesting news report of an new study from the university of Chicago and Brown university states that the attitudes of women in rural India are changing due to the impact of cable TV in these areas ( Read more... )

Not to be outdone by the ancients (or the BBC), there has been a push for the last seven years (that number will crop up a lot) to determine the seven wonders of the modern world. The Great Pyramid of Giza - as the only one of the original Seven Wonders still standing, is keeping its position as a Wonder - an 'honorary' one. But this project has ( Read more... )

Yay, Halloween! *points to icon that can only be used once every 364 days* Pity I'm in Australia where it's mostly ignored. I could do with free candy and dressing up like an idiot (who couldn't ( Read more... )

So I was in at Melbourne Uni today, heading over to the Bailleau to do some research work when I walked through the Philosophy Department. An article on the noticeboard caught my eye.

( Why your brain is self-obsessed and how the clinically depressed are the only people with any objectivity. )

Before anyone starts up, no this is not going under a cut, because I want people to read it.

I am sickened with the response of the Australian public to the Schappelle Corby trial.

I don't know whether or not the girl is innocent. And neither do you. We haven't heard all the evidence out here, and our media reports have hardly been unbiased. We ( Read more... )