The Odds and Ends Drawer

Again I've been remiss. Again I apologise. Again I present to you a whole pile of linky love to engage you, enrage you, and generally be a useful procrastination tool.

• Martha gives the world the birth story of her lovely new daughter.
• Maia has been a busy bee providing much Joss Whedon-related writing, particularly about his new series The Dollhouse.
• The Zen Peacekeeper receives a letter from Afghanistan and muses on gratitude.
  
• Paul Litterick has some interesting links, and commentary, about various matters of child crime and justice.
• Make Tea Not War has reviewed recipe book Ladies, a Plate (and made ice cream!)
• Anarkaytie was at the Tamil protest that the media snubbed.
  
• Deborah discusses some pertinent questions about parenting, including at what age you'd let your child play in your yard unaccompanied.
• Meganwegan shares 31 things she has learnt in her 31 years of existence.
• Emma Hart has been writing some great stuff in her (relatively) new spot at Public Address; I give you her post about women's cricket (much more interesting than I'm making it sound) and romance novels (ditto).
• barvasfiend explains about bushfires, from her vantage point of being a Kiwi living in Oz.
  
• Anjum writes about the plight of our community law centres, which are facing possible extinction as their funding has been cut.
• Lew looks at the practicalities of a four-day working week, and whether National has really thought this one through.
  
• Sophie considers clothes and modesty and practicality.
• sas has some amazing hand pictures.
• Luddite Journo examines the NZ section of a UN report on human trafficking.
  
• Harvest Bird is keeping track of the evolution of her wedding.
• Paradoxical Cat reports on the wonderings of Tabby, re: SIS file's and the contents therein.
  

Phew, I feel like I need a cup of tea and a lie down now!