WTF file

People, and their attitudes, never cease to amaze me. To wit:

From the AAP news service (emphasis is mine) - "A driver who killed six teenagers on a country Victorian road as he balanced his four-year-old son on his lap believes he did nothing wrong and blames an absence of speed signs for the smash, a court heard on Monday.

...he did not see the teenagers until after he had lost control of the car while he was driving around a right-hand bend in the road, travelling between 80km/h and 90km/h.

"I mean there was no speed (sign) and I feel as though that - that's the reason why the accident happened," he told police."

Umm... This idiot also left the scene of the accident; his daughter, aged 10, told police that: her brother was not wearing a seatbelt while her dad went "really fast" around the corner. And this guy doesn't believe he did anything wrong!

From Reuters - Real men don't pose for the cover of a Harlequin romance. And that's something the publisher wants to change.

Representatives of Harlequin Enterprises, the world's biggest publisher of romance novel series, inspected the assets of about 200 men who lined up at a Toronto casting house on Saturday to prove they could flutter readers' hearts better than professional models.

"We're looking for some guys that are not your usual models, but have that iconic look that women go for -- sexy, sensitive, beautiful and fit," said Harlequin spokeswoman Marleah Stout, who attended the open casting.

"We want real men ... exactly what you think in your mind when you're fantasizing or imagining that ideal man."

I guess Fabio isn't a real man after all; nor are the models used.

And this one, from Famous Magazine - "In a sequence of events that truly have to be seen to be believed, the UK Daily Star has reported that Victoria Beckham wants to start a Hollywood book club.

The 32-year-old is apparently keen to teach her American friends about English literature, and sees the club as a perfect way to get started. The exclusive club will meet once a month at each other's houses to discuss the book on the menu, and thus far the titles up for nomination are Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Emma' and 'Sense and Sensibility', as well as anything by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy."

'Friends' include Katie Holmes and Jennifer Lopez. Not surprisingly, it's not being taken seriously. After all, this from a woman who once confessed to a Spanish newspaper, 'I haven't read a book in my life. I haven't got enough time. I prefer to listen to music, although I do love fashion magazines."