Colin Farrell
A(nother) study had apparently revealed why women choose to hook up with, and even date, so-called nasty boys: ovulation goggles. That’s the term used by researcher Kristina Durante, of The University of Texas, after she studied the way women reacted to ‘sexy’ and ‘reliable’ men on online dating profiles.
“Under the hormonal influence of ovulation, women delude themselves into thinking that the sexy bad boys will become devoted partners and better dads. When looking at the sexy cad through ovulation goggles, Mr. Wrong looked exactly like Mr. Right,” she said.
“When asked about what kind of father the sexy bad boy would make if he were to have children with another woman, women were quick to point out the bad boy’s shortcomings. But when it came to their own child, ovulating women believed that the charismatic and adventurous cad would be a great father to their kids.”
But, you already knew that, right?
Here’s what else is on our radar today:
Michael Clarke and wife Kyly Boldy
1. Cricketer Michael ‘Pup’ Clarke just surprise tweeted pics from his wedding to model Kyly Boldy. The pair were married yesterday.
2. Smokers could be banned from lighting up at home, on their balconies, under proposed new strata laws in New South Wales. Some unit blocks have already introduced the bans … do you think it’s a good idea?
3. The editor of Australian Vogue Kirstie Clements was among three NewsLifeMedia magazine editors to be sacked today after sweeping changes were made by new CEO Nicole Sheffield. Clements will be replaced by rival editor Edwina McCann, formerly of Harper’s Bazaar.
4. Someone over at Ninemsn posted the clip of the winner of Celebrity Apprentice being announced a full 24 hours before tonight’s finale. Oops. Hope someone goes easy on whoever did that.
5. The Kyle and Jackie O Show – and the rest of the 2Day FM network – must meet a new decency standard for the next five years as a condition of the network’s broadcast licence. That’s a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation of foul-mouth Kyle’s on-air rant last year.
6. A Queensland primary school principal is threatening to expel students aged under 13 who have Facebook profiles and refuse to delete them, as part of a campaign to stamp out cyber-bullying.
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This is a post from Wednesday. What happened to daily buzz yesterday and today? L look forward to it everyday. Please don’t stop my favourite post.
Rick, are you there? Are you listening?
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Priznayus’, samym nevozmozhnym dlya menya bylo priuchit’ sebya pit’ mnogo vodichki i suwestvenno snizit’ potreblenie lyubimyh tverdyh sortov syra umen’shilas’ na 11 kg
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I feel this will be an unpopular comment but I really didn’t like Kyly Boldy’s dress. It’s just… I don’t even know, a bit over the top, a bit vulgar, even a bit unflattering. She’s a beautiful girl but… nope, just didn’t do it for me.
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I wish she didn’t wear so much make up. She’s probably a beautiful girl but all that make up makes her look cheap. You’re young and beautiful – you don’t need to cake it on!
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Yes, ban smoking on balconies!
Not even just for the smoking side of it.. I live in an apartment building and the people two floors up have gatherings on weeknights.. often.
Not so much a problem when they’re in their apartment, but when they go out for a smoko and talk (and have rap battles), it’s loud enough to wake us up.
Three times in the last week! Maybe they should just legislate against rudeness..
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here’s two stories with interesting ramifications:
Girl sues private school because she didn’t get into her preferred uni course
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/school-failed-to-get-me-into-law-20120516-1yrcb.html
and
Former Miss World fails to lose post-baby fat causes uproar in India.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/it-is-her-duty-to-look-good-and-fit-bollywood-star-and-former-miss-world-targeted-over-failure-to-lose-postpregnancy-weight-20120517-1ysg1.html
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In regards to Michael Clarkes wedding, i wonder in Lara Bingle is seething. She was a bit desperate to win him back i think
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funniest news story i have seen in a while
just makes me cringe
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/school-failed-to-get-me-into-law-20120516-1yrcb.html
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Hahaha – I was just reading the Age and saw this too! Isn’t it ridiculous? I’m fascinated to hear how it plays out in court!
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No way will it be sucessful! Maybe she’s hoping that the litigation experience will get her into uni!
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Have just read extensively on cyberbullying for an essay. The punitive approach, favored by this principal is the most used and least effective. His/her best approach would be education for the whole school community:takes too much time, I suppose.
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Interesting that Colin Farrell is the poster boy of choice here – I gather he has turned out to be quite a good dad, esp. with regards to his son’s Angelman Syndrome…
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1. Michael Clarke officially taken!? *sobs*
LOVE the dress. It’s nice to see celebrities/sporting heroes not flogging about their major life events for money.
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6. Good on the principal ! I’ve been reliably informed that it is actually illegal for kids under 13 to have Facebook accounts.
4. Completely over any type of reality television. We need an Australian version of “The Soup”. There is such a plethora of crappy wannabe a star stuff screaming out for a good doing over by someone with the comedic talents of Joel McHale. Yes, a few egos need a rap on the knuckles !
5. Kyle Sandilands forcibly behaving with dignity ? Oh behave !
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how could it possibly be illegal?
where??in every state in aus??
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not illegal, just against facebook’s t&c. they can kick you off if you’re not 13+.
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Haha I think it’s against the facebook terms and conditions.. not the law.
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Banning smoking on balconies is a great idea. The actual smoke isn’t the problem at my mum’s appartmemt. Her balcony comes out further than the ones above and wakes up daily to find it scattered in butts… Gross gross gross.
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“Your Jerky Ovaries Are Tricking You Into Picking Bad Boys”
How did they come up with this shi*e! I think it’s more a case of Bad boys making your ovaries jerk,lol
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Please don’t link articles to The Australian website, you have to subscribe to access them and I can’t afford it at the moment!
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I have to, they broke the story! It’s Internet courtesy
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Maybe add an additional link to a non-walled environment? Plus, you know, The Australian…
http://www.thevine.com.au/life/news/lets-talk-about-the-cover-of-todays-australian/
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We all know smoking is bad for people’s health, and second-hand smoke can be just as detrimental, but I really struggle to come to terms with laws banning smoking in certain places. I don’t know why since I think it is just gross! Understandably, living in close proximity to a smoker isn’t exactly ideal, but neither is living in close proximity to an alcoholic. It is a tough predicament, but I just feel that unless smoking is going to be made illegal, we should probably stop ostracising smokers and instead offer incentives to quit (obviously better health doesn’t cut it for some people). Same goes with alcohol, and I’m guessing they both cost the health system stacks each year (does anyone have some good stats? I would love to see stats
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It is going to be tough for that school to police which children are using facebook, many would use different names and lie about their age I would imagine. Parent’s should be taking better control of their kids internet use at home. There is nothing wrong with Facebook as long as children aren’t using it to bully other kids or predators aren’t using it to groom kids, and the risk for both would be almost eradicated with a greater level of parental supervision and parents having good lines of communication with their children.
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When we were kids my dad went through a cigar smoking phase. Mum made him go outside but the smoke would come straight up into my bedroom window. It was disgusting! I think banning smoking on balconies is a great idea!
Facebook- we have a 12 year old and he has never even asked for Facebook. Minecraft is his addiction! We have talked about Facebook and have said 15 might be a better age. I imagine that will change when he starts high school next year.
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The smoking on balconies thing…I always hated (when we lived in our house) when smoke wafted over the back fence from neighbours, but they were on their own property and there’s not much you can do. But in an apartment? As an asthmatic, that would prevent me from being able to use my own balcony (which for the apartment we are about to move into, cost extra for the balcony) nor leave the door/window ajar to get fresh air.
The same goes for those who like to party late (one of our common walls is attached to an apartment with a couple of party boys). If you want to do that regularly, have the respect for others to choose a practical place to do that – not one where you are separated from others by a thin wall and have zilch spare parking.
Choose the appropriate abode for the purposes you are going to use it. Our current complex is smoke free, with large exit fees if they have found that you have smoked in your apartment. For the most part, it is successful. Not only do you affect those using their own balconies, but getting rid of that stale cigarette smell from carpets and curtains for the next resident is damn near impossible.
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The smoking ban on balconies is a great idea for apartments/units. I can’t even use my balcony at the moment unless it’s a wild, windy day because cigarette smoke comes at me from all angles. Feel free to give yourself cancer, but keep your damn second hand smoke to yourself.
Vogue could use some fresh blood. Compared to French, Japanese and Italian Vogue it’s incredibly stale. More and more the styling of editorials is barely more creative than magazines like Madison.
The principals policy is more likely to result in cyber-bullying victims being expelled, as the perpetrators often use fake accounts. Also, if cyber bullying was that easy to stop, the victims could just delete their various online accounts and they’d be untouchable. Cyber bullying is usually just a continuation of what’s going on at school, so even if you can stamp it out, you’ve only fixed a small part of the problem.
Kids who are really ostracized at school often find friends or at least the comfort of knowing there are like-minded people out there online.
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Hmm the ovulation goggles theory sounds a bit strange to me but hey, maybe it’s my current lack of interest in having children that is the reason I’ve never been into bad boys.
I can see the appeal of taming the wild beast, but to me, if someone is being distant, not calling me often etc, I don’t think it’s sexy, I think “well that’s rude”.
Who knows, maybe when the biological clock starts ticking the bad boys will start to look pretty good.
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Having been around smokers off and on most of my life, I am not really bothered by them or any of the smelly air, no excuses but that’s how it is. That other “social” drug, alcohol, really does bother me … the broken noses every night in ED, the rapes, the drink driving fatalities, the family violence against spouses and children, the long term brain damage from constant use, piles of vomit in the street, the hungover staff member that can’t come to work after Saturday night and the downright ugly behaviour of a drunken person are things I am totally over.
When are they going to start legislating against alcohol too (and enforcing current legislation)?
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As the child of alcoholics, I agree wholeheartedly with you Susan. Smoking is evil for sure (I am an ex smoker), but no one ever smoked a cigarette and got in their car and killed someone, or went inside and beat their spouse.
I am mystified that the government seem to encourage drinking through allowing clubs and hotels longer opening hours, then shakes its collective head over the resulting street brawls etc.
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I agree that alcohol is very damaging – but in fairness, the government acknowledges this and has multiple laws and campaigns to attempt to address the issue. They certainly haven’t solved the issue, and we have a very long way to go – but they do acknowledge it.
The difference in approach is because people can enjoy a drink here and there with no inevitable dangerous consequences, whereas “every ciggarette is doing you damage” (as the ads say).
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Have to say I doubt this. There probably is a safe level of smoking, it’s just it’s very low, probably one or two per week so anyone smoking cigarettes would either not smoke at all or have many more. One of the reasons why cigar smoking is not as dangerous is that consumption is usually much lower than ciggies. In any case, as long as they don’t impact on other people and are paying the full costs of the extra healthcare they impose, society has no more business telling adults they can’t smoke than any other risky activity.
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Cigarettes are carcinogenic.. there is no such thing as a safe level of consumption.
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My daughter started high school this year and the headmaster addressed the parents at the beginning of the year information night. We were told if our kids were under 13 it was unacceptable for them to be on facebook. When asked to raise our hands if our kids were on it more than half the room did so.
Schools can say all they like but if parents dont encourage the rules to be followed at home they’re powerless beyond the home.
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I live in a house and when my neighbour at the back has a smoke it waffs right into my bedroom. Its effing disgusting and I think it should be illegal to pollute someone else’s air like that.
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God Colin Farrell is HOT and I’m not ovulating – how much hotter can he get?
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I met his ex girlfriend. This counts as having met Colin right?
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I reakon you could get a bit more milage out of that! Meeting his girlfriend, that’s near enough to having had sex with him! Hope you enjoyed it.
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Ha! Bad boy study…. I could write the effin’ book!
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Well, today’s Daily buzz seems designed just to p*^s me off.
2. I wonder why smokings not just made illegal. Oh that’s right, govts past and future depend on the huge excise dollars. It’s legal and restricted enough as it is.
6. Is Facebook membership against school rules now? Words just fail.
Ovulation goggles? I guess it’s a possibility, or maybe just some people are attracted to “bad boys” anyway.
BTW, Collin Farrell does look good there.
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I’m attracted to Colin Farrell and I’m not even ovulating! True story.
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Haha, neither am I.
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Ohhh Colin Farrell. You are a gorgeous, gorgeous bad boy.
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Yes he is. You’ll have to fight me for him. Swords at dawn lol
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Couldn’t we share? We’ll have to be on opposing cycles so we can both have him when he’s the most attractive to us. It could work! Ohhhh Colin.
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Goggles or Googles?
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*Ovulation goggles
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Well, I am a Class A idiot. Thanks!
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No worries
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