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Fashion advice

I’m going to a formal dinner tonight and a dance ball next Friday. The strap for the left shoe of my black heels broke. I need to get it fixed or buy new shoes. In the mean time, can I wear (light) brown leather boots (they go up to my thigh just below my knee) with a black skirt?

Edit on 12 March 2007: Based on your feedback and an email from my personal fashion consultant (mum), brown boots with black skirt was a dangerous proposition. I ended up wearing the boots with black pants, which means that the brown space on my outfit was smaller and less distracting.

I asked a few people how it looked and they said that it was fine. Regardless, I made it through last night with my self-esteem intact. I will try and get my shoe strap fixed today.

A happy new year in Yorkshire

I’ve just come back from a holiday in north Yorkshire. Damo and I stayed in a cottage with four other Aussies and a Kiwi. We did a lot of walking, visited castles and cathedrals, and wandered the towns of Durham, Whitby, York and others. Best (or worst) of all, we ate delicious home-cooked dinners, cakes and desserts, and lots of chocolate.

I now have to write a research paper before Monday. I will write a bit later.

Mart leaps over a stream on our walk along the River Tees.

On the political spectrum

It’s election time in Victoria. I’ve registered for a postal vote. I felt like I was out of the election loop so today, I visited The Age to see what was going on. When the hell did T3 get sold? There was a G20 Summit in Melbourne? Another series of Australian Idol?

Brad, a fellow Aussie at my college, sent me this link — Australian Politics Test. I’d be interested in your results, if you’re comfortable sharing.

Here are mine: joanium’s results

As I expected, really, although I’m surprised they picked it so accurately.

A problem with sheep

A farmer has 90 sheep. He wants to take them to the market across the river and sell them. There is no way to cross except via a ferry. The price the farmer pays the ferryman for his service is half the number of sheep that the farmer take across.

What is the minimum number of sheep that the farmer can get away with paying the ferryman?

Edited 21 February 2006 at 10:11 PM for consistency of wording. Changed references to ‘you’ to ‘the farmer’.