February 04 2009
Post-Sedation Ramblings and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 11:46 amCheck out the Franklin Villa Guesthouse, in the leafy, cosmopolitan suburb of Highgate Hill, Brisbane. Their latest mailer includes fun activities for the kids…
The faeces machine: “The Cloaca No. 5 is a mechanical art piece that duplicates the human digestive system. Once it’s turned on, it generates authentic dollops of faeces, sealed and vacuum-packed for posterity.” Er, why?
New Meme: F*** My Life is a place where people can share silly stories revealing why their life sucks. “Today, I received an email invitation to a dating web site. It was from my father-in-law.”
No carrot bongs for Phelps: An Olympic champion is not going to suck away on any old bong. Apparently the pot smoking device he was snapped on the business end of was the Rolls Royce of bongs.
Following the birth of octuplets in California this month, Slate asks, how many babies can fit inside a pregnant woman? Apparently there is no scientific limit.
“In 1971, Dr. Gennaro Montanino of Rome claimed to have removed 15 fetuses from the womb of a 35-year-old woman. The largest number of babies ever delivered was in Australia in 1971, when a 29-year-old women gave birth to nonuplets. They all died. (Decaplets were supposedly born in Brazil in 1946, but that report is unconfirmed.)”
Local Blogosphere: What’s the Herald on Sunday’s position on the women’s periods? They wrote an editorial suggesting PMSBuddy.com, a website which will send email alerts to subscribers warning when when the women in their life are about to have their period, is a great contribution to human civilisation. And the community at The Hand Mirror blog (which I am thinking is a nod to feminist idea of ‘getting to know your pink bits’ – eww) are not impressed … But the fun really begins when the infamous Kiwiblog commenters wade in. For the record, I think it’s tiresome to disguise sexist put-downs as jokes, especially in the editorial of a major newspaper, but the flippant editorial doesn’t blame PMT for domestic violence, as The Hand Mirrorpost contends. That’s getting a little carried away).
Parenting: Due to parental guidance toward more structured activities, kids are getting less free play time than they used to, which may make them less creative, less socially adept, inflexible, and less intelligent.
Video: The ramblings of a seven year old, post-sedation from the dentist.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:53 am
“Is this real life?” I ask myself that question everyday….
February 5th, 2009 at 7:56 am
“Why is this happening to me!?” Also, something I ask myself everyday
February 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
When he’s 17 and discovers Michael Phelp’s bong he’ll be just the same.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:42 am
I’m an AoD Youth Worker and I know heaps of people that would swap places in a minute. Very funny clip…
February 6th, 2009 at 8:05 am
A rare moment of clarity, where a young person questions the real meaning of life, following that dental trauma. -Well worth recording?
February 6th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Very well timed piece of video. Brilliant.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
The Kiwiblog comments aren’t even funny. They’re just angry men who hate women.
Dads4justice? I’d bet my house that he doesn’t have access to his kids and there’s a reason for it.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Real or a setup? Does it strike anyone else as odd the car appears to be parked? And “Dad” had the camera handy to capture the little guy’s dental drama?
February 11th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
No. And that kid’s not acting. Here’s an interview with the father and son in the Wall Street Journal.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Oi, not all the Kiwiblog comments on the issue were misogynistic! I merely lamented the increasing tendency of people to discuss the intimate minutiae of their lives up (down?) to and including their bodily functions. It’s kinda gross. Now excuse me,I have to go pee.
March 18th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Darn they never had drugs like this when I was a kid!