November 2009
43 posts
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Nov 28th
Neglected Classics and Unbound Women →
“… the role of women in novels is notably constrained. Women are confined within a couple of dominant plotlines; they are either a) romantic heroines, pursuing love or b) selfless, devoted mothers…
Nov 22nd
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Nov 21st
Nov 21st
1 note
Authoriety →
Nov 21st
Why My Voice Sounds All Chunky →
Nov 21st
Changing your mind: reading Friedrich Nietzsche... →
” … no one in Indian Country wants to go the road of Classical Greece, that is, they don’t want to be an extinct civilization contributing antiquities to someone else’s revitalization.”
Nov 20th
Wellington Essay: Close to the Edge →
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
35 notes
Nov 17th
The Canto of Ulysses →
Nov 15th
Wedding Playlist →
Someone else’s wedding playlist.
Nov 15th
I'm Walken Here →
Philip Matthews on Andrew Paul Wood on Christopher Walken. Short version: Bear Suits are Funny.
Nov 15th
listening to "Serge Gainsbourg - Sous le Soleil... →
In hope of the incoming of summer.
Nov 15th
Overheard in Sockburn →
Nov 15th
Deprived of speech, he sang without words →
Russell Brown on Chris Knox and his recovery.
Nov 15th
Further thoughts on the Random Academic Sentence... →
Random, but not meaningless.
Nov 14th
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Nov 14th
Family 2.0 →
Nov 12th
4 notes
Tumblarity* →
Nov 12th
I make my own gnocchi →
Deborah’s recipe for gnocchi; reserved for future reference.
Nov 12th
Donkey-Deep →
Nov 12th
Nov 12th
Party Like It's 1899 →
Ta-Nehisi Coates — and the Daily Show — on why blackface isn’t okay, even if you’re a beautiful woman.
Nov 12th
750 ml Bottle of Whisky Will Take The Discourse... →
Ah, pardon me, milady. I’m going to take the discourse from now on, as I see the gentleman has already consumed half of me…
Nov 10th
Reshaping the Invisible →
Nov 7th
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Nov 7th
Reading Dangerously →
Nov 7th
私信: In and Out Maru →
Nov 7th
Nov 7th
WatchWatch
I don’t think you’re ready for these puppies.  December 2003.
Nov 7th
The darling hellion’s film debut →
Nov 6th
Some photos from the day →
Nov 3rd
Cass and the colour of New Zealand history →
A road detour to Cass, made famous in a painting by Rita Angus.
Nov 3rd
The currency of knowledge: or, the PBRF in ruins.... →
Grant Duncan writes about the academy’s complicity in the problems of PBRF.
Nov 2nd
The currency of knowledge: or, the PBRF in ruins.... →
The PBRF’s discursive function within other discursive functions of the university.
Nov 2nd
The Tendency to Worship Lone Wolves →
Mary Lupin on the myth of the lone wolf and its inaccuracy.
Nov 2nd
Anti-Blog Journal →
F*ck you and your blog, says this elegant volume.
Nov 1st
October 2009
36 posts
The Labours of Herakles →
Oct 31st
Il Divo / The Deity →
Oct 31st
Dubai International →
Oct 31st
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Oct 31st
Both short and steep →
Oct 31st