This was emailed to me this morning:
Best newspaper intro of the year:
WHEN it was announced that a large boring machine was coming to Beaconsfield, residents could have been forgiven for asking: do we really need another one? David Koch and co. had been there for days.
(The Age)
Couldn’t agree more with both statements.

Have been pretty flat out of late so haven’t had a chance to post much. I’m desperately trying to wind things back before I go but it is proving to be difficult.
I’ve been asked to sit on the board of Global Trade Watch which is a privilege and an honour. There are few [...]

…has just resigned.
I can’t see much changing in the immediate future, but I am upset that the man that was the source of so much amusement to myself is gone and I doubt we’ll ever hear from him again.
Maybe Prodos could take over?

Big ups to this guy I spied in the Age’s Odd Spot yesterday:
Teenage wrestler Praveen Kumar Sehrawat is a hero in India. He holds a national record for eating 170 green chillies in 5 minutes 7 seconds and can also take in milk through his nose and squirt it up to 3.6 metres out of [...]