by podblack on July 28, 2009
What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier popular entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working for the rest of this month. I also hope you check out the MiniBlog entries that feature on the sidebar too. Women’s [...]
by podblack on May 16, 2009
Skeptic Zone podcast – now out. Interview with the wonderful author of Supersense: Why We Believe The Unbelievable interview included. Get the show now on iTunes and get the book – and you better move fast because I think I got one of the last in stock for this week on the UK Amazon site?
Firstly [...]
by podblack on November 8, 2008
Thanks to Hoyden About Town and Life in the Field Blog for the heads-up – I headed out to check out a new Australian doll for girls today:
The official Australian Girl Launch will be held this Saturday, November 8th, 9:30am at Toyworld, Subiaco, Western Australia.
Why would one bother making such a trip on a lovely [...]
by podblack on May 13, 2008
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So, apparently I have a mission.
Find these women, compatriots in my town:
Hugely effective mini-raid carried out by all-female Anonymous members in Perth, Western Australia, 2nd May 2008. About one minute in, watch as they get “handled” by a Scientologist, and a very Aussie member of the public gives the Scio a smackdown!!
And hug them, on [...]
by podblack on January 11, 2008
Women’s Wear Daily raises the question – are glasses just plain stylish rather than necessarily functional?
The social swirl these days is looking less like a scene out of “High Society” and more like something straight from “Revenge of the Nerds.” Actresses Cate Blanchett, Amy Sedaris and Dana Delaney have all hit the red carpet bespectacled [...]