Me: How come none of the Melbourne suppliers are answering their phones today?Albie: It’s Melbourne Cup Day! It’s a public holiday in Victoria.Me: What? *snort* You mean they get a public holiday because of a stupid horse race? That’s idiotic.Albie: They’re trying to make it a holiday in New South Wales too…Me: Yay! I love…

Congratulations to Tricia and Jeff, who used their “corpse bride and groom” costumes to announce their engagement. Hooray! In related news, the Snook and I will be opening a Japanese restaurant.