Posts by Islander
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OnPoint: Pants != Journalism, in reply to Sacha,
Heh!
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OnPoint: Pants != Journalism, in reply to Scott Chris,
maybe it was a bit rich of Justice Simon France to object to the flamboyance of McQuillan’s pants considering the fact that he himself was wearing a moo moo. (a
Is that muumuu in disguise? Or he really was draped in bovine hide?
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Up Front: You're Telling My Child What, Now?, in reply to Islander,
3-8%
This is going on the latest figures for other primate research (I think we are looking at between 2 & 5% fot H.s.s myself.)
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Up Front: You're Telling My Child What, Now?, in reply to chris,
Yesss!
The -erm?- category has been known about for yonks but - it isnt quite sexy enough to report upon-
especially as it is extremely difficult to sell things to asexuals using 'normal' sexual triggers (even if we do make up a substantial (well, I think 3-8% is fairly substantial) proportion of humanity....) -
Up Front: You're Telling My Child What, Now?, in reply to Emma Hart,
And thank you for writing it (anything to do with BDSM was a prohibited import when I was on the IPT.Things have changed…)
The more knowledge ‘out there’ = the better.
One day, one day she sighs, asexuals will be recognised as natural, and accepted as a human sexual variant (as they are among other mammals…*)
*I was going to add insects, protozoans, cephlapods et al - and -for some funny reasons- decided not to-
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Hard News: Strange days for journalism, in reply to Lilith __,
Love your pic though, Joe. :-)
Ditto - made me grin exceedingly-
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Geoff- first settlers could use stone, but almost always used wood & other vegetation for building…
We can now make wonderful constructions of wood (almost totally fireproof) that will ride earthquakes. Wood is renewable- and tempered glass and fibre glass
can provide maximum light-what the hell does stone & concrete have to offer to future generations except ruin & wreck?
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Hard News: Friday Music: When there were…, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Or a recycled flouncy skirt?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
oroporo, possibly?
More known for healing abilities (leaves) especially infected or ulcerous wounds.
It has been proven to have some contraceptive potency... -
Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Hilary Stace,
ncidentally, Rongotai’s gym recently burned down. But instead of helping this poorer local school out, the Weta guys gave a huge endowment of facilities to the private and very wealthy boys’ school Scots College.
Surprise me.
Weta is all about wealth = power = social dominance. It sure as shit isnt about sharing & caring & and having a social conscience.