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Melbourne music

Sing along with 75,000

On Saturday night the MCG was the place to be. It was the venue for the day/night Mushroom 25th birthday charity concert, a concert with most of the biggest names in the Australian music industry – Baaaaaarnsey!, Mossey, and umm… Molly, Kelly, Dannii and Kylie. Not to mention an reformation by INXS (with Baaaaarnsey! as  ... [More]

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Health

Extraction

I just had a tooth taken out. (Sorry, should I warned in advance that this diary entry contained dental content?) It’s not the most fun thing to do, I admit. Not my favourite way to spend a Saturday morning. Probably not yours either. Oh, sure, I had a choice. I could either have my top  ... [More]

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Sport

And the winner is…

TAB: 4 bets, $10, lost. 2 x Office sweepstakes, total $5, got second prize in lesser sweep, $2.40. Better than my usual effort of losing it all, I suppose.

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Sport

Cup Day

Tuesday is Melbourne Cup Day. I get the feeling that people in other parts of the world don’t really believe the truth about Cup Day. The way that (a) it’s a public holiday in honour of a horse race, and that (b) the nation stops when the race starts at about 3:20pm. As I see  ... [More]