A recent article in the news paper got my dander up a bit, "Gay link to youngest brothers " it proclaimed.
Apparently a study, published in the US Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online journal said "the most consistent bio-demographic correlate of sexual orientation in men is the number [...]
I had thought it was just me, but a conversation over café et croissants at a break at my French classes surprised me when someone else bought up one of my pet peeves.
People who stand directly in front of the doors of a train when it pulls in, there by [...]
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> watercooler moment (WAW.tur.koo.lur MOH.munt) n. In a television show or radio program, a controversial or exciting segment designed to get people talking about the show. Example Citation: We spent three or four hours very late one night talking about how a [...]
A recent blog ramble broght me across the intro for an old Krofft kids show, ElectraWoman and DynaGirl. Trashy, 70's and a lot of fun. This inspired me to go hunting for more of the old Krofft shows like Land of the Lost, Isis, Wonderbug, The Bugaloos, Lidsville and HR [...]
So there is a furious debate in the senate over the detention of asylum seekers, actual Liberal policitans are suggesting they migt cross the floor on the issue, Senator Goebbels Vanstone is "welcoming refugees at Parliment house (thing Augustus Gloop meets the Gingerbreadman) and Penfold John Howard was actually caught on tape saying – [...]
Its late and I am pretty tired. I've been dicking around all evening with css styles. DIVs drive me nuts, they are forever hiding things and making stuff behave weirdly.
The reasons for all of this geeking out is I found a new Flickr plug in that I am quite partial to [...]
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> jump the shark v. In a television show, to include an over-the-top scene or plot twist that is indicative either of an irreversible decline in the show's quality or of a desperate bid to stem the show's declining ratings. Also: JTS.
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One of my favourite bloggers was complaining the other day that he had come to the conclusion that "social networking" sites like Friendster, My Space and Big Muscle are just an excuse for good looking, [...]
Sunday morning I got up early having had an early night on Saturday night. Both my closest friends in Melbourne, Barbie and Binky, are out of town so I am living la vida quieta – which is kind of nice.
For some reason Kylie Minogue crossed my [...]
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> manscaping (MAN.skay.ping) pp. The artful shaving and trimming of a man's body hair. (Man + landscaping.)
—manscape v. Example Citations: Speaking of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," the wildly successful makeover show returns with new episodes beginning Tuesday at [...]
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