Dreamer Easy

Study Debunks Bisexual Myth: it's not a phase, folks. (You can download the actual article from Developmental Psychology, Female Bisexuality From Adolescence to Adulthood, as a PDF).

Sex is for joy, not for judgment: interview with Emily Maguire, author of Princesses and Pornstars. "Maguire is deeply critical of the idea women should be defined by their gender or their sexuality and is scathing of the relentless public shaming of women who enjoy sex." Eva Cox, also interviewed, adds an insightful comment at which anti-racists will nod their heads: "She says part of the problem for women is that all the visible signs of discrimination against have been removed, leaving behind the insidious, invisible forms of cultural discrimination."

Richard Hammond holding a puppy

ETA: John Barrowman holding a puppy

John Barrowman's autobiography Anything Goes, written with his sister Carole, is a great read - I got through it almost entirely in one sitting. Heaps of funny stories from childhood and from the theatre, as well as some more serious stuff, notably a chapter in memory of a mentally ill friend who didn't get the help she needed, which reminded me of how lucky I am to have the parents I do. The most mind-boggling chapter, though, was the one where John is hired ostensibly for a fashion shoot, only to be pampered aboard a luxury yacht and finally realise that he's there for ornamental purposes only. Life is stranger than fanfic.

That's two celebrity biogs I've read now. My standards are obviously slipping - better get back to finishing off My Life by Giacomo Casanova.

John Barrowman interview, Scotland on Sunday

"The little boy, an angelic blond, is about three. He stares at Barrowman with the kind of look children often reserve for shop Santas: a mixture of rapt wonder and awe, tinged with a soupçon of fear and disbelief. Speech has deserted him. This is Captain Jack from Doctor Who and Torchwood!

'I fight Daleks, Cybermen and travel round the planets with the Doctor,' Barrowman tells his wide-eyed admirer with absolute conviction. What, says the father, did the little boy say he would do if he met Captain Jack? His son hesitates but Barrowman simply crouches down, opens out his arms to him and in a rush, the little boy wraps himself round him. 'Oh, thank you,' says Barrowman, 'that's much better than fighting aliens.'"

Looks like the government's flirtation with nuclear power is over, at least for now, with the Minister for the Environment doubting it would be the best option for reducing greenhouse. The public remain wary of nuclear power stations.

A woman accidentally packed her cat. Ginger survived and is fine. (I've lost my copy of the macro with a cat in a suitcase saying, "You thought you forgot me, but you didn't really." ETA: Found it!)

Fun from the green revolution: there are 50,000 chemicals used in agriculture and by vets in Australia; only 1 in 100 of them has been tested for health and environmental impact. Children are especially vulnerable, before and after birth. Agricultural workers are at least twice as likely to die as other workers.

Check out Scarleteen: Sex Ed For The Real World.

Behold! The Ashes to Ashes Children In Need ad.

Bloopers from Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. These are largely unremarkable, but there's a great bit where a prop just will not do what it's supposed to, and Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson riff on it without breaking character.

And finally, John Barrowman was on fine form when the NME called.

Lots of fun: John Barrowman visits the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. (He also goes shopping with his sister and meets a horse with a rude-sounding name. Further updates as we have them.)

Guess who's building nuclear power plants.

Bonus! The walrus and bucket saga continues: Day 76 without bucket and the terrifying MAH BUCKET.

I rented The Untouchables to see if I could spot John Barrowman. As I soon discovered via an interview online, he appears in the background of one scene (at the firing range) with his back to the camera. (I reckon he's the fellow on the right.)

Shark Attack limps on. Our hero continues to confusingly combine terrible dialogue with decent acting. There's a hilarious confrontation where he'd outraged at being lied to because the Mad Scientist chix0r is not a marine biologist... she's really a palaeontologist! "You lied to me!"

Mad Scientist: It's like finding a Tyrannosaurus rex in your back yard!
Our Hero: You know, Cat, I don't see that as being a good thing.

I think there was a bit where the shark ate someone in a waterslide, but I was fast-forwarding.

Kate: went to see The Producers for eight minutes of John Barrowman.

Jon: researched Doctor Who TV ratings.

(Blond Nazi JB is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. omg, the TEETH on that man! He could bite your leg off! Also spotted: Andrea Martin from SCTV.)