Millions of mullet hairstyle-wearing, flannelette (plaid) shirt-clad Aussies are crying into their beers tonight as another icon died today.

Peter Brock, legendary V8 touring car driver, wiped himself out during the Targa West rally in Western Australia when he lost it on a hairpin and slammed into a tree.

Now, it’s well known that I am on the Ford side of the fence, and that Peter had Holden (GM) blood running through his veins, but the man was certainly a legend down here, and from all accounts, a really nice guy.

Again, you can expect something like this happening in what is really a dangerous sport, but like what happened to Steve Irwin, when it does, it’s surreal.

Now we’re all wondering who the third is going to be.

In other, much boring news, I’ve had my head down at work putting the finishing touches into what’s turned out to be a “bigger than Ben Hur” Communications Policy and procedure document for my organisation. Been burning the night lights to get it done by today’s deadline.

I’ve also been putting together the second edition of our new staff newsletter (circulation of around 800 people). I’ve been having trouble getting staff members involved in the “one minute with” section, where we find a random staff member, ask them some quick questions and publish it, along with their photo. I found the solution. Offer to take five years off their face. I know this is probably old hat to you Photoshop virtuosos, but for me, I felt pretty happy with the before and after results. I took the dark circles from under her eyes, smoothed out the laugh lines and whitened the teeth. There are some great photoshop tutorials on the net! I was going to post the photos, but thought better of it (don’t wanna get my arse kicked!). I’ll doctor up some random photos for you to see later :smile_wp:

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