Something to be proud of.

Mutterings continued.

Re the Olympics - not only did we come fourth in the medal tally, we came second in coming last.
From the very amusing DFL weblog. Only the host country, Greece, came last more than we did. We only just got in above Poland. Not good enough. Mustn't try harder.

The Oz Federal election is slated for October 9 - I'll be in the UK and nowhere near London. I checked the Electoral Commission website and they accept not being in the country as a good enough excuse for not voting. Apparently they send you a 'Please Explain' letter after the event, you tell them you were overseas at the time and they say, "Ok." I thought they were a lot more strict than that.