Thank You ITV!

BLISS! Cool

For the first time this year, other than when we were actually at a circuit (Rockingham) I have managed to see all 3 BTCC races today.Star

ITV have finally clicked that they have 4 channels and they have cameras at the circuits, and commentators, and crews etc… so they showed a *full* replay of Race 1 at Brands Hatch (sadly the Indy and not the GP circuit) followed by some FRenault action followed by all of Race 2 LIVE followed by some FBMW fun all on ITV 4 today… then they went over to ITV1 for the usual recap of races 1 and 2 followed by live coverage of Race 3.

ABOUT BL***Y TIME – it’s always wound me up how much they waste their channels with naff re-runs of trashy soaps when they could instead use it for something innovative and new.Angry

And what a weekend to choose to do it on. The weather at Brands for the start of the races was atrocious earlier but it led to some classic touring car action and all the races were really superb.

I have to admit, I cannot stand Jason Plato but he has a really healthy respect for Fabrizio Giovanardi and Plato drove a really clean, good, race today (credit where it’s due!)

I was totally gutted for Matt Jackson who got penalised for nothing of his doing and really felt sorry for Darren Turner who just seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time today.Crying

But boy, this years championship is really going to the wire. 2 race weekends, 6 races, remain and there is only 4 points between the championship leaders.

It aint over yet! Big Grin

General Random Rantings

Hey folks…. just felt like jotting down some total randomness as there’s been a few bits running through my brain this week (shocking I know!)

Got a totally brilliant email this week notifying me that this weekends BTCC races are due to be shown on ITV4 and ITV1 with us getting to see more than the usual highlights of race 1&2 followed by rushed coverage of race 3… instead we are getting to see Race 2 live and full highlights of race 1 (although I have heard a rumour it may be a full race replay!) – I was totally peed off when it was announced that BTCC was not going to be on MotorsTV this year and that is was going to that Sinatra sports channel that costs an arm and a leg per month (especially if you aint interested in watching 22 men run after a small leather object every night of the week – I like football, but only in small doses and only specific matches)

 

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What would you look like in Springfield?

Med_MikeSimpsonsGreat fun has been discovered! http://simpsonizeme.com/ is a superb place to have a bit of fun and games. 

Take a facial photo of yourself (or someone else Tongue) and then you can create a Simpson-ised version with choice of hair, clothes, facial expressions etc etc.

I ran it on myself and you can see the results to your right. Not too bad really (and yes, I did put on a Homer-sized belly for me!)

Go on, have a go yourself – then post the results.

More than meets the eye

optimusprimemegatronWooHoo! I managed to get to see the new “Transformers” movie last night, and I really wasn’t too sure what to expect from it – especially as the reviews have been erm…. well mixed would be an optimistic comment!

As a kid (assuming I’m not still one!) I loved Transformers – the comics, the cartoons and the original 1986 Movie so I was desperately hoping that they had got this one right and not screwed it up.

Michael Bays stuff has been enjoyable in the past (The Rock, Bad Boys, Armageddon) but all of a similar ilk and Transformers was obviously his work… but boy was it good! Continue reading “More than meets the eye”

What kind of hero?

OK – I missed it when it was on the Sci-Fi channel, as it clashed with something else we watch, but when it hit BBC 2 I started to watch “Heroes” – I’ve since started to watch a few copies I’ve kinda obtained (if you know what I mean Winking)

The series is absolutely superb… but there are plenty of reviews all over the place and I wanted to think about something else.

What kind of hero powers would you want?

Flight? Strength? Time-Control? Invisibility? Morphing? Speed?

Hmmmm…. questions questions questions Thinking

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