Month: March 2005

As I said yesterday, petrol is in the air. Despite the dominance of Ferrari in recent years, I still love F1. I do not look at the one man show as a bad thing; I look at it as mastery that may be a once in a life time experience. The 2005 season is almost a go!

This week was fairly lacking on the video game front; some management of my OOTP6 online baseball league team, some GT4, and Wipeout XL, but that was it for the week. I need to put in some time with WE8 tonight for the online league over at SGN, but other stuff is going to get in the way (that F1 thing in Australia).

Speaking of which, I picked up some Fosters this evening in honor of kicking off the 2005 F1 season Down Under. Fosters is not part of my normal rotation; I may buy it once a year (for the Australian Grand Prix), and when I go to Outback, but that is about it. I suppose it is not that bad, but it is not that great.

I also picked up some Sam Adams Light, which I was very impressed with for a light beer. Much better than Keystone Light (a poor man’s Coors); needed some cheap beer. Anyway, back to the Sam Adams Light – this is about the best light beer I have ever tasted. I normally drink what I like, but I have been trying to eat better lately, so I have been doing light beer do try to cut back on the calories. I guess that explains the Keystone Light. Feel free to offer up some light beer suggestions.

I guess that is all for now; seven minutes until taped qualifying (session 2 – the new rules are interesting). A happy Sunday to all!

Ah, the sweet, sweet smell of spring. F1 is back in action. I am really nothing close to a gear-head, but I love me some Formula 1. The new 2005 rules should make for an interesting year. It is going to be fun having Villeneuve back full time.

As I was watching Alias last night, it suddenly dawned on me that this show is part of the axis of evil. Half way through the episode, it occurred to me that Anna Espinoza…is yet another evil African American woman on TV! The show even went to great lengths during past seasons to establish Sidney’s best friend (a black woman), only to turn her into an evil twin.

Am I onto something?

The actor who plays Ms. Espinoza was also an uber-demon in the show Angel for a while. And, to top it off, she let the President’s wife convince her to let her husband die in 24, after becoming the President’s brother’s lover.

Alias, 24, and The Apprentice. Trying to keep a sister down.

Still no word from ebgames.com or the local ebgames about my preorders. I have no idea if I am going to get 0, 1, or 2 PSPs at launch, but there may be some good news from ebgames.com:

Your choice of any four games, accessories or a combination thereof, from a select list of launch games and accessories. These games and accessories are priced between $29.99-149.99 each.

If I have to have a bundle, I would much rather get games than be forced to get an accessory. With that said, 4 games is a hell of a lot to have to buy at launch. I suppose I will end up with three and some sort of memory stick.

Forgot to post this earlier, but some interesting news for iPod owners. Apple is very good at innovating, but very bad at understanding consumers. At least consumers who think rationally and aren’t dazzled by Apple’s brilliance. There’s a long list of great Apple ideas that were fully exploited by other companies. A vintage Apple Newton sits in a file cabinet in my office.