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YouTube the time thief

May 4, 2013 – 9:22 am

I have found that YouTube is something that can swallow lots of one’s time. Particularly given the “similar recommendations” column down the right-hand side. Recently, for example, I got sucked into the Sterek phenomena. The interest by fans in imagining that there is some budding (or actual) relationship between the characters Stiles Stilinski and Derek Hale in [...]

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Of fact and fiction

April 22, 2013 – 10:30 am

Novelist Kerry Greenwood (the author of the Phryne Fisher books, now a successful TV series), has recently published a book on the Somerton Man mystery, Tamam Shud: the Somerton Man Mystery. The book interweaves Kerry’s memories of her late father–a wharfie who loved telling stories–and her memories of Adelaide with the famous mystery of the unidentified man [...]

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Wall Art

April 13, 2013 – 11:09 am

Two Somerville Rd corner shops on opposite sides of Tuppen St have striking wall art. One has a very Oz bird scene. It is strikingly executed–somewhat better done than a lot of the wall murals one sees. I am no expert or bird-watcher but I am guessing it is a Willie Wagtail.  The trees are [...]

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No one objects if is beautiful

February 16, 2013 – 7:55 am

Public art periodically generates controversy about, sometimes cast in terms of “ratepayers paid how much for that?” Sometimes public art is unexpected and whimsical. Such as this giant spider hanging off a bridge in the Rocks area of Sydney. My brother and I came across it while walking from Darling Harbour to Circular Quay.  (About a 6km walk, [...]

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Vampires are queer

February 13, 2013 – 9:15 am

Not that this is a startling revelation. Growing up, I used to love vampire movies. After all, where else could you see guys hug each other, throw their head back with intense feeling then climax with their eyes rolling back in their heads? And, if you gave them this experience, they went on and shared [...]

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Eye Candy De Heir

February 6, 2013 – 4:55 am

Facebook. Besides being invented for the social glue that is the ‘poke’ (who do YOU poke and how often and can anyone explain why) it’s for sharing cool stuff like this 1930s aerial photograph of Edinburgh, the legendary city where I live. Originally by Alfred Buckham, I nicked it off SL’s page where it was [...]

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This spoke to my SciFi geek soul

February 3, 2013 – 9:06 am

A laugh out loud moment.  From here (via) Something for all the Star Trek fans out there. For those not Star Trek fans, an explanation: After sitting through four years of dull interspecies protocol seminars and tactical maneuvers groundwork, you successfully graduated from Starfleet Academy. As a newly commissioned Federation security officer, your first assignment [...]

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Glutton’s breakfast

February 2, 2013 – 9:23 am

The internet is a useful source of recipes. So, I thought I would add to the stock, especially as transmission of cooking skills has become something of an issue. Take one onion, one tomato, two or three mushrooms.  Skin onion and dice.  Top-and-tail tomato and slice laterally in half. Remove mushroom stalks and cut each [...]

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Welcome to 2013

January 2, 2013 – 5:27 am

Wishing a very happy new year to all our commenters and readers. DeusExMacintosh will return – but for now, she presents some eye candy du jour. ‘Ava good one peeps.

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Calendars for all occasions

November 24, 2012 – 9:30 am

One of the more surprising entries to the calendar business is a sexy priests calendar. The declared celibates pictured are samples of what has been on offer, so to speak. We do live in surprising times. Though it does make you wonder about Catholic families steering gay sons into the priesthood. Gay Irish writer Colm Toibin [...]

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