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Victorian elections

First off: I miss Jeff Kennet. I haven't cared about Victorian politics very much ever since he left the scene. That said, it seems that the Victorian government…

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Gah!

Sorry, all, for the long time between posts. No real excuse: just a busy period at work, combined with a semi-nasty bike crash that put a temporary halt…

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Enjoying the victory

I've been watching the commentators at The Corner, where they're learning to come to terms with the election defeat of the US Republicans: A friend of mine [...] has…

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US Elections

Great stuff in the US elections... As expected, the Democrats are going to easily get control of the Houes. But it's looking more and more like they'll get…

politicsunited states

Book finds

Found a couple of treasures in a second hand bookshop in Mogo near Batemans Bay today: Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Vol I-III. The diaries of Richard Crossman…

books

30/10/06

Weight: 111.3kg Breakfast: Vegemite on toast Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich Dinner: Chicken fillo Exercise: 15 mins cycling Rung: 1 Snacks: None

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Holiday Economics

So which special occasions do we (well, the US) spend the most money on? The National Retail Federation has the breakdown (via Snopes): Christmas ('winter holidays'): $438.6 billion. Back…

economicsunited states

Making lemonade from lemons

While at Harvey Norman today I found this piece of inventive advertising: A Choice award? How fantastic! Let's investigate... The CHOICE 2006 Shonky Awards Ten products to make…

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