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Now admittedly supermodels aren’t the first people we turn to for intellectual consistency, but surely we can expect something less than complete hyprocrisy?

Another famous model, Megan Gale, also in Melbourne yesterday, defended the fashion industry, saying people should focus on their own bodies and not try to look like fashion models.
“I think that less focus [...]

Then this could be for you (taken from sporting section of Friday’s Herald-Sun):

Like Beer?
WE’LL PAY YOU $25 CASH PLUS PRODUCT FOR YOUR OPINION.
A large brewery is seeking opinions of Melbourne based men, who are regular beer drinkers for research purposes. Held after hours, participants will receive $25 cash and product to similar value. Must [...]

Wow, my very first comment-bot spamming with 51 online casino comments made in ten seconds. Unfortunately for the spammers, all comments must be moderated before appearing and even when they do, links to external sites use the “rel=’nofollow’” attribute so they won’t contribute to Google’s Pagerank.
The comments were all made from an IP [...]

2 x 1/3 pound slabs of Angus beef
4 x bacon strips
3 x cheese slices
1 x mayonaise serving
1 x buttered sesame bun
1,420 x calories
~70% x recommended daily calorie intake
2 x recommended daily allowance of saturated fat
0.95 x recommended daily allowance of sodium

From Google.

A Swindon bar owner is spraying WD40 on toilets seats to stop customers from using them to snort cocaine.
Carl Brown who owns The Mail Coach Inn, Fleet Street, says the solvent, often used on engines and for DIY, causes nose bleeds when mixed with the drug.
Mr Brown acted after becoming aware that cocaine use was [...]

Melbourne’s Spring weather is always unpredictable, rarely staying stable for more than an hour or two. Today was no exception. Wind and rain direct from Antarctica, combined with the odd burst of glorious sunshine, led to difficulties in deciding whether it was an indoor or an outdoor day.
In other words, a perfect day for [...]

Born: November 13, 1918
Died: August 31, 2004
Clive William Harris spent 26 years as a County Court judge, becoming the seventh longest serving judge of the 20th century when he retired in 1990. Seventeen of those years were spent as chairman of the Victorian Worker’s Compensation Board with his work there leading to the creation of [...]

Have you wondered why Gilligan et al. used The Professor’s US currency rather than switching to a gold standard? Why the Sadam Dinar has doubled in value despite no longer being backed by a sovereign government?
The Ludwig von Misses Institute has posted an interesting discussion of economics using Gilligan’s Island and modern day Iraq [...]

The twelve Gmail invitations I had are now gone…