What to read?
In preparing for my brief stay in hospital this week, I bought an iPad and downloaded some ebooks. I bought eight new ones (suddenly got hooked on John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series) and downloaded...
View ArticleWhere did all the love (letters) go?
I am feeling a tad whimsical as I write this post so I hope you are willing to indulge me J Earlier this week, Little Miss Poppit made a comment about the tale of Abelard and Heloise. LMP also made...
View ArticleThe importance of Symbols
Symbols are a powerful thing. We form quite powerful emotional attachment to them. For example, if I were to show you this logo, even with no other context, I’d guess you (like most people in the...
View ArticleIt’s beginning to look a lot like FOFmas…
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudoph join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say “Rudolph, with your nose so bright,...
View ArticleMakeup or Mothering?
We had an interesting conversation with a friend of the family today. She believes her ornithophobia (fear of birds) is genetic, as her grandmother, mother and son have the same fear. Her argument was...
View ArticleSplatbody of the year
Time magazine choose a ‘person of the year’ and give them a magazine cover. Those are chosen by Time editors. Seeing as Splatters are generally more intelligent, who would you choose as your ‘person...
View ArticleWhere would you go?
Okay so let’s say boffins have invented devices capable of relatively cheap and safe teleportation of humans. There are two types of teleportation devices (fixed and multi-destination point) but so...
View ArticleMust Love Cats
I’m 36, single and haven’t been in a relationship for about five years now, after my long term partner, now ex, decided he preferred being a bachelor. I’ve started to feel lonely the last couple of...
View ArticleSome of these critics need to F’OF(F)
Have you heard about The Royal Prank? Of course you have. By now it’s more famous than the shot heard ’round the world” because someone involved may have committed suicide. Have you seen the global...
View ArticleMournful Monday
I doubt that any of us missed the news about what happened to the school in Connecticut, or the stabbings of the children in China. Even the stories of the teachers selflessly sacrifing themselves or...
View ArticleAntarctica: A Frozen Paradise
Since I was a little girl, I have dreamt of going to Antarctica. When Dot met the Whale and dived beneath the ice, all I’ve wanted was to do that too (suspending disbelief of course). For me, it was...
View ArticlePut me in the next Star Wars movie!
I follow a facebook group called Joss Whedon should direct Star Wars 7, 8, and 9. It is a bit of fun and has some nifty pics of Summer Glau as Mara Jade. One post on the site asked followers, if they...
View ArticleIt’s the end of the world…
Much has been made about the end of the world. Many times. There were the Rapture folks who were so sure they were right that they gave away all their things. In New England some years back a group of...
View ArticleThe Twelve FOFs of Christmas…
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… 12 ‘pacas pronking, 11 unicorns farting, 10 goats troll-slaying, 9 cats a-lolling, 8 bacon rashers sizzlin’ 7 Mayans calendaring, 6 smoke free...
View ArticleMMM – Monday of Merry Mirth
Tomorrow is Christmas Day, and one of the most anticipated – or dreaded – traditions is opening a Christmas Cracker and reading the jokes within. Not so, with the SplatOn! jokes posts, which always...
View ArticleLast MMM of MMXII
Like sands through the hourglass, so are… No, sorry, I won’t go there. But the hourglass sands of this year are drawing to a close. Let’s look back on the year that was. How was your 2012, Splatters?...
View ArticlePredictions for 2013
I know a few Splatters will be back at work today, so I thought we could make you think. Every year on New Year’s Eve, a friend from Facebook and her gathered friends will put together a list of...
View ArticleFFoF – First FOF of twenty ‘firteen
The Locust is sitting at his desk, diligently working away whilst Smoph is still sunning herself on the beach. It’s a bit of a limbo week, really. Half in one year, half in the other. Some at work,...
View ArticleMMM – Mercury Mounting on Monday
Day dawns on another Monday, and again it’s looking be a scorcher. Tasmanians have already faced difficult times with bush fires, and whilst in Melbourne it hopefully won’t be as hot as it was on...
View ArticleTopics on Tuesday: State of the Nation
Last week, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and the former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie both called for the abolishment of States, in favour of larger local councils reporting directly to the...
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