urn:wd:wdlabs.com:atom1:twilight The Twilight Report Your Home For Snappy Repartee 應龍 urn:wd:wdlabs.com:atom1:twilight:20090209.1917 2009-02-10T00:17:00 bushfires 2009-02-10T00:17:00 2009-02-10T00:17:00 <p> I'm not sure if people here are usually glum and I don't notice because I'm usually in a good mood, but the ride home in the train was grim tonight. On my way home picking up the <i>mX</i>, which I usually look forward to, I felt dread about what was inevitably the main story. Every now and then I refresh my browser to confirm, yes, there are more confirmed victims. <small>s-mart</small> has promised to match employee donations to the Red Cross, so I threw some anonymous cash into the pot. If I find a ATM tomorrow, I plan on putting some more in tomorrow. The PM has compared it to mass murder on the (probably likely) speculation that at least some of the fires were deliberately set. None of my family lives in Victoria, and thankfully none of the fires in this state have had any fatalities, so I am thankful that none of my loved ones were affected. </p> urn:wd:wdlabs.com:atom1:twilight:20041125.0923 2004-11-25T14:23:00 Fun Fact 2004-11-25T14:23:00 2004-11-25T14:23:00 Bob Hawke downed 2.5 pints of beer in 12 seconds in 1954 to set a world record. He then went on to become Australia's prime minister (1983-1991). <BR><BR> According to <I>Maxim</I> magazine.