The Odds & Ends Drawer

It's been a while, but here's some goodies, in no particular order:

• The Paradoxical Cat has a fantastic list telling us how to tell male from female.
• Luddite Journo, aka Sandra Dickson, wrote a great article for Newswire about political blogging and featured The Hand Mirror amongst other blogs.
• Deborah highlights some awesome art.
• Mrs Skin examines the appeal of the All Black marketing to teh gayz.
• Anjum considers the importance of trust and faith in successful refugee settlement.
• Principessa joins formerly all male blog Just Left, yay!
• Homepaddock analyses Labour's response to the Mt Albert by-election candidacy and concludes that they've panicked.
• barvasfiend looks at the Culture of Wellness.
• Heartfelt hosts a marvellous poem composed of photos and words.
  
• Anita seeks assistance with her first ever Press Council complaint, on the issue of exploitation of mental illness.
• Ludsy J gets a second mention for sharing some awesome Youtube-ness on the issue of gay marriage.
• PrettyPrettyPretty are keeping an eye on New Zealand's Next Top Model for us all, and Pigalina comments on Episode 6.
• Azlemed is displeased by the advertising accompanying the V8 supercar stuff.
• Zen Peacekeeper muses on living simply and living peacefully.

As always, feel free to share links in comments :-)

Also I've updated the Blogroll a little, and added heaps of listings into the events calendar in the sidebar. New additions still and always welcome. Thanks for your help with this.