I Wonder If You Could Control My Life Some More Please?
Okay, don’t feel well and I’m busy. Life sucks sometimes! Although, it’s nice being reminded by the media that it gets worse every single day…
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Okay, don’t feel well and I’m busy. Life sucks sometimes! Although, it’s nice being reminded by the media that it gets worse every single day…
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Wow, just browsing the news and found this gem of propaganda on the (beautiful) new BBC News website. Check it out! As you’ll observe, the only two accidents shown are caused by the van itself… hmm. Doesn’t anyone else see the irony in that?
You see, people who speed (at least as much as these guys) know how to handle a car/bike. People have accidents (sorry, collisions…) because of other moronic road users or because they’re driving dangerously. End of.
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Dear me, I’m slipping. I could craft a detailed story about how my Internet connection has been down whilst I transferred to another provider, but I’m going to take the moral high ground and not lie to you. Good day.
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As I have no idea what possessed Lucian Freud to paint this gigantic woman, in the nude, we can only assume it’s the early onset of dementia… Just thought I should warn the world before he gets any worse, you know. I’m performing a kindness here, work with me, work with me.
Personally, if I was getting paid anywhere near £17 million for a painting, I would paint something beautiful, not someone who will happily work for £20 a day plus lunch. Although lunch for a woman that size must be a considerable expense. Okay, I’m all done with the fat jokes, sorry =) Well, I’m not sorry, but you get the idea.
What else made me despair? Was it the hopeless exaggeration in this article centered on Britney Spears? Well, it did make me groan, and there was a pang of despair, but that woman warrants insane news just for being herself, so I can hardly blame the BBC. Heck, why didn’t they call it a ‘three car pileup’ ? Too much?
More despair worthy however was this swath of garbage, a surprisingly biased article from the BBC about organ transplants and donors. Basically a daughter died and saved three others through organ donation, but her mother also needed a transplant, and didn’t get her daughter’s organs. I’m sorry but that seems awfully boring to me, the organs go to those most in need. The article states she has needed a kidney for seven years! How is that desperation?? Is your current kidney on the verge of explosion (or whatever it is kidneys do when they kick the bucket) ? Didn’t think so.
My bias comment was directed on the following quote by the way, that oh-so-subtly tries to buy an emphatic vote from already teary eyed readers…
Ms Ashworth, the mother of a two-year-old girl, was on the NHS Organ Donor Register…
- BBC
My view on organ transplant law? It should be against the law not to become a donor.
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So far I have just four games, as follows: Oblivion, Tom Cancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Crackdown and Call of Duty 4. Any advice on what I should get next? Grand Theft Auto IV and Burnout Paradise are the two I’m most looking forward to buying, plus Army of Two looks pretty good, so I may indulge myself.
As for others, Project Gotham Racing 4, Halo 3, Colin McRae DiRT, Assassin’s Creed and Forza Motorsport 2 are all bargain games right now, so I will pick those up as soon as I can. And anyone played any RTS games on a console? I have tried the Command and Conquer 3 demo, which although I can manage the control methods perfectly well I have no intention of buying as I already have it on the PC. I may however buy Supreme Commander or Universe at War: Earth Assault to try them out on a console with multiplayer goodness and the like.
Any other suggestions?
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Well, for my second on scheduled post I thought I would give you a breakdown of my car history. Currently, I’m only on four, so it’s going to be short… but that suits me just fine, so it’s all good!
First up is my learning wagon, a very unique (as in less than 500 made) Alfa Romeo 155 Silverstone (1995). Pictured here in awesome racing livery, this was a successful touring car, winning several events around 93/94. I never had the Q4 version, but I would love one in my dream garage, they seem like great fun. Unfortunately mine was the front drive, which meant understeer, although I didn’t really get to push the limits of grip with ‘L’ plates on 
Next up was my faithful Rover 214SLi (1996) (yes, that was the top spec model… although, that’s like saying it’s a top spec toilet, it’s still not exactly a nice place to be) which my parents got for me because the Alfa was too fast… Damn. This wasn’t exactly a speed racer, although it would still move with that bullet proof 1.4l K-Series engine, and we had sooo many good times in that car it was worth it anyway.
Once the Rover started feeling a little slow I moved up (on my eighteenth birthday) to a BMW 520i 24V SE (1992). Incidentally, this was just after a little snafu at school, where the Headmaster’s letter home stated that my parents should reconsider the responsibility of me driving my own car to school…….. Mmmm, yeh, that went down well. Anyway, I loved the BMW, the rear wheel drive, the refinement, the size, the comfort, the fact that you could cruise at 80 all day long and it felt like rolling around town at 25. But it annoyed me everyday, with it’s complete lack of punch lower down the rev range, and the lack of an LSD. It was also monumentally wallow-y in the bends, and really didn’t feel sporty enough.
So after two years, I eventually ditched that and bought my latest toy, an Alfa Romeo 166 2.5 V6 Sportronic Lusso (2000). Yes, it’s my favorite so far, and yes, the names do keep getting longer and longer, but I absolutely love it. The Sportronic is basically a semi-automatic, so this thing is still fun to drive, but then can become an effortless cruiser around town or on the motorway. The exhaust note is bliss, the V6 purrs all the way up to 7000rpm and the shifts are just sporty enough to show this car means business. And the trim? Well it’s the highest spec car I’ve ever been in, let alone owned, what with built in Sat Nav, CD Autochanger, Climate, Cruise, Electric Pack (including windows, mirrors, seats), Heated Seats, Heated Screen, Heated Mirrors, Folding Mirrors, Remote Locking, Alarm etc. etc. etc. I love it! But, I’m probably going to be selling it soon, and then… hmm, not sure. Maybe I’ll get another one…. I like all the buttons.
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Yes, yes, it arrived… I am now a 360 owner, which presumably makes me a reclusive geek gamer who has no friends in reality and spends all his time in a dimly lit room killing pixels. Or not. Enough of the stereotypes, I’m off to game!
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Okay, I have been monumentally lazy in posting even after regaining control of my domain, and I’m going to chalk it down to not having a strict schedule. So, from now on, I will post every other day. I have no idea what I will post but I will post something, and try to make it entertaining or informative. Or both, if it’s a good day. So look forward to me failing to post on the 3rd then! Thanks guys!
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