“When the larger males were not looking, the smaller males reverted to their normal colour and quickly mated with females” (Age)
Monthly Archives: July 2004
Some good news: Angkor Wat “off danger list” (BBC)
“British girls as young as 14 are seeking treatment for infertility because they have been unable to become pregnant after up to two years of sexual activity without contraception.” (BBC)
“Last week Melbourne performance artist Amal Laala, 24, vomited in the bright red company colours of the National Australia Bank, on the pavement in front of its Collins Street branch. She then walked a block and attempted to heave all over a Westpac ATM.” (Age)
I keep starting entries on this article by Germaine Greer. The problem is she says two silly things for every really good point she makes.
“The day white Australians can look in the mirror and say ‘I am Aboriginal’ is the day their tormented country will start to heal”
“China is expanding its censorship controls to cover text messages sent using mobile phones … But analysts fear the real targets are political dissidents. … one Chinese company marketing a system to monitor mobile phone text messages has announced it is watching for “false political rumours” and “reactionary remarks”” (BBC) Would that include Hong Kong?
No Daleks in Doctor Who’s return (BBC) Bah!
But heh: “He said the BBC had tried to commission a cartoon series about gay Daleks for BBC Three.”
TISM!
The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne is now a World Heritage Site.
Hidden Lives Revealed provides an intriguing encounter with children who were in the care of The Children’s Society in late Victorian and early 20th Century Britain.