How are you going with the Target word today?

Friday night is only (about nine) hours away, so our morning homepage editor offers this clue: "Get your dancing shoes on."

Australian shares are expected to open flat this morning after tepid gains on Wall Street overnight.

The SPI200 futures contract was down just 1 point, or 0.02 per cent, at 6,167.0 at 7am (AEDT), suggesting a marginal dip for the benchmark S&P/ASX200 today.

The Aussie dollar is buying 70.77 US cents, down from 71.00 US cents yesterday.

Are you born funny? Or can comedy be taught? And is funny an educational tool?

It's all up for discussion at the Wheeler Centre on Saturday when comedians and educators will gather in a panel-shaped configuration to discuss the merits of comedy, beyond (still very funny) bum jokes and Trump impersonations.

It's free. And on from 3pm to 4pm. Book your tickets here. 

An air ambulance pilot who landed in a supermarket car park after a teenager had been stabbed bought a parking ticket for the chopper, just in case.

While paramedics were attending to the injured youth, Gavin Blake – a friend of fellow East Anglian Air Ambulance Service pilot Prince William – bought a pay-and-display ticket and stuck it on his helicopter's window.

In case you missed it, here's our top story.

A man has been charged and a cyclist is fighting for life after a hit-run in Melbourne's south-east.

A 50-year-old woman was riding her bike on the Nepean Highway near Chelsea Road, Chelsea, about 5.40am on Thursday when she was struck by a white ute.

She was rushed to The Alfred hospital where she remains in a critical condition with life-threatening injuries to her head and chest.

Later on Thursday, police arrested a 28-year-old Parkdale man in Broadmeadows within hours of the incident. The ute was found in Seaford about 8.15am.

Had your coffee yet? It's time to use your brain.

Today's Target word letters are N T U L I G H B and C.

The first few correct answers will be printed here later today.

Good luck!

It's the second day of the myki Android mobile phone app this morning. How's it going out there?

Reader Rhiannon Rak got in touch yesterday to sing the new app's praises: "It's so good! Took a hot minute to work out how to set it up, and it does take just a second longer to touch on, but it works!! Ran out the door this morning without my wallet, saved me from fare evading and getting fined! Couldn't be happier with it!".

How’s the app affecting your commute? Get in touch via hanna.turbet@theage.com.au 

Love your garden, but don't know what to do with it? How about adding a roo or two?

The Age photographer Joe Armao visited the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show this week, and spotted some visitors in this garden called 'Journey'.

We've got three double passes to give away for the show this weekend. Visit our Facebook page to enter.

First it was China. Now India. No one wants our plastic waste. And really, can we blame them?

Until recently, it's likely few of us thought much about where our recycling was going. We were doing the right thing by putting it in the (recycling) bin. Then it was just out of sight, out of mind.

But surely there are better solutions than shipping our plastic waste offshore? 

We can already feed plastic waste into 3D printers to help create new products. new roads are being built out of plastic waste, and there are numerous ideas around using it to create energy.