Complete randomness (my favourite form of randomness)

5 Superpowers From the Bible That Put Marvel and DC to Shame. "Jesus told them they were faithless wusses and the disciples shut up. If that wasn't cool enough, he chewed out the storm, and it shut up, too. That has to be our favorite part, how he's just annoyed by the whole thing, as if being bothered to stop an entire weather systems was equivalent to getting woken up by your girlfriend to go kill a spider in the bathroom."

Nudibranch checking the time

rainbowjehan pwns (so no change there, then).

Review of Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea.

Handy! NSW Food Authority Register of penalty notices.

XKCD on, of all things, fanbullying. Kewl.

ryuuri_chan demonstrates how she draws chibis!

illudiumphosdex demonstrates the mighty phonofiddle!

Dark Phoenix cosplay, Blimey!

Elsie's stunning poem 64 Birds.

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Off to the sleep lab tomorrow yay, so here's a last squirt of feminist stuff to keep you going until I emerge from the pit of bewilderment.

Ta to thegameiam for Where Palin Really Stands on Sex Education: turns out she clarified (somewhat) her stance an interview, describing herself as "pro-contraception". So that's one less thing to worry about.

OTOH, McCain voted against Biden Law Requiring Free Rape Exams. (Ta browneyedgirl65.)

From the New York Times, Repairing the Damage, Before Roe: a gynaecologist in his eighties gives a horrifying glimpse of the days before abortion was legal.

In Australia, Wife-beaters face tougher treatment: the skinny is that some of the group therapy, er, groups, lack professional facilitators, and there are no program standards, so the NSW guvmint hopes to rectify this.

Missed a spot:

Victoria's abortion reform bill passed the lower house, but may have more trouble in the upper house.

Federally, MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on removing Medicare funding for late term abortions.