Unfortunately I missed most of the media storm. Which is a shame, as I quite like these sorts of things. Maybe I'm just a cultural studies nerd, but I find them really quite fascinating. Like all the bullshit they say. I mean, Hugh Jackman saying that his son suddenly blurted out "I think we all should be warriors like Steve!"? Uh, right. Somehow I don't think so. The only thing Hugh Jackman's son would blurt out is "why didn't my real mummy and daddy want me?" or "Daddy, what are you doing with that rolling pin up your colon?".

But that's just media events, I guess. I was a bit young to really "get" the whole Diana thing (on a critical level, I mean), so I suppose I may as well embrace the media blitz of "Our Diana". Poor dead Steve is being turned into some cultural revolutionary figure, most of which is just myth and post-death aggrandisement. Whoops, starting to channel a bit of Germaine Greer. Not that I mind Germaine. But you should hear my father! He cannot stop ranting about how ridiculous the Steve Irwin thing is, and how suddenly he is being called a "conservationalist". Not that I agree with him or anything. And hey, at least his family had the sense to turn down the State Funeral *cough*Brock*cough*. Sorry, Brock. Being impaled by a stingray is a much cooler way to die than slamming into a tree, so you should have turned it down as well.

PS -- on hearing the news about Brock, I hope I wasn't the only one whose first thought was "hooray! No more bad tyre ads featuring that creepy frog hand!"... or was I?