The Birth Of Cleo Magazine

I’m looking forward to an upcoming TV series about Cleo – the Australian women’s magazine that featured male centerfolds (only a few months after Cosmo had pioneered it with Burt Reynolds). If you follow the blog you’ll have already seen the image of actor Jack Thompson nude in the first ever Cleo male centerfold. The TV series features a scene showing how Jack’s legendary “Venus” photo was shot. Cleo was Read More …

What A Guy

Pardon me while I swoon just a little. Captain Dominic James, who was formerly a nominee for Cleo Bachelor of the Year, is being lauded as a hero after successfully ditching his jet in the sea off Norfolk Island, saving all on board. The plane was critically low on fuel after being unable to land and so the hunky pilot took the plane down in 1.5 metre seas. Only three Read More …

Teachers Can’t Have Sex Lives

I have a piece of paper that says I can be a teacher. I have no intention of using it unless I’m desperate because teaching in 2008 is a shit job that is undervalued and underpaid. But I suspect that I would have no hope of employment even if I did go mad and decided I wanted to teach. That’s because teachers are supposed to be flawless, upstanding members of Read More …

Cleo Bachelor Of The Year

Every year Australian women’s mag Cleo runs its Bachelor Of The Year contest, ranking 50 good looking, vaguely well-known unmarried males according to… well, I’m not sure really. Hotness, brain power… penis size… something. Anyway, they’ve created a whole site for the 2008 batch including photos, videos, profiles and whatnot. Surfers can vote for their favorite guy until this Sunday with the results announced next week. I’m including this photo Read More …