shitscared<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\nUpdate: After Tina’s protest (see comments), I found a pic she sent of her and Brendan at Lord Howe Island. I’m just glad she remembered that I have those terrible pix of her table-dancing in a C&W bar in Nelson, NZ. Fortunately, no photographic evidence exists of me throwing down to AC\/DC’s Thunderstruck:<\/p>\n
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On the heels of yesterday’s announcement about Faiz K.’s new baby, another dutiful VM reader has great news to share: my favorite Australian is getting hitched! No, not Jacko! He’s washed up! No, not Michael Hutchence! He died under weird circumstances! No, not Paul Hogan! What happened to him, anyway? The Australian who’s getting married … <\/p>\n
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