November 2009
43 posts
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
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…
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Authoriety →
Why My Voice Sounds All Chunky →
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.”
Wellington Essay: Close to the Edge →
The Canto of Ulysses →
Wedding Playlist →
Someone else’s wedding playlist.
I'm Walken Here →
Philip Matthews on Andrew Paul Wood on Christopher Walken. Short version: Bear Suits are Funny.
listening to "Serge Gainsbourg - Sous le Soleil... →
In hope of the incoming of summer.
Overheard in Sockburn →
Deprived of speech, he sang without words →
Russell Brown on Chris Knox and his recovery.
Further thoughts on the Random Academic Sentence... →
Random, but not meaningless.
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Family 2.0 →
Tumblarity* →
I make my own gnocchi →
Deborah’s recipe for gnocchi; reserved for future reference.
Donkey-Deep →
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.
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…
Reshaping the Invisible →
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Reading Dangerously →
私信: In and Out Maru →
I don’t think you’re ready for these puppies. December 2003.
The darling hellion’s film debut →
Some photos from the day →
Cass and the colour of New Zealand history →
A road detour to Cass, made famous in a painting by Rita Angus.
The currency of knowledge: or, the PBRF in ruins.... →
Grant Duncan writes about the academy’s complicity in the problems of PBRF.
The currency of knowledge: or, the PBRF in ruins.... →
The PBRF’s discursive function within other discursive functions of the university.
The Tendency to Worship Lone Wolves →
Mary Lupin on the myth of the lone wolf and its inaccuracy.
Anti-Blog Journal →
F*ck you and your blog, says this elegant volume.
October 2009
36 posts
The Labours of Herakles →
Il Divo / The Deity →
Dubai International →
H-Bird’s Weekly Twitter-Spatter →
Both short and steep →