The Porsche 996 GT1 of 1998, better known as the 911 GT1 won only a single race in it’s career. Fortunately it was the only real race that counts, the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours, but if it was not for this very lucky victory, the car would be considered a major flop. The winning [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Porsche 911 GT1 – 1998 LeMans Winner
Posted: December 29, 2008 in Le Mans, Motorsport, SportTags: Le Mans, Melbourne, Phillip Island, Porsche, Porsche 911 GT1, Road Atlanta, Southbank, Yannick Dalmas
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George Harrison – Faster
Posted: December 26, 2008 in Formula 1, Motorsport, Music, SportTags: Formula 1, George Harrison, Niki Lauda, Sir Jackie Stewart, The Beatles
George Harrison was not just a Beatle, but was also a great fan of Formula 1. He was close friends with many of the drivers, in particular Sir Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda who he wrote this song about. Harrison was actually inspired to write the song after speaking to Lauda after the US Grand [...]
If only it was true!
Just a quick post as a follow up to a previous post in which I hypothesized that the Australian cricket selectors were prejudiced against Victorian batsmen. It seems that the person who is first in line for Matthew Hayden’s slot in the team should he fail in the next couple of matches is Michael Klinger, [...]
A few years ago the hideous Jim Carrey Grinch movie was released, which has unfortunately over shadowed this classic holiday speical from Chuck Jones. This one is a lot closer to the Dr Seuss book than the Carrey version, and features the naration of the fantastic of Boris Karloff .
Just a cute picture that I found earlier this year. There is now a calendar full of these guinea pig pictures.
I read the other day that Hollywood is set to remake the classic Peter Sellers/Blake Edwards film The Party, with Sacha Baron Cohen playing Sellers’ part. To some people this may sound promising but to me it just sounds horrible. Is Hollywood so creatively bankrupt that they have to remake everything? Why is Sacha resorting [...]
Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow Of A Doubt
Posted: December 21, 2008 in CinemaTags: Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten, Movies, Shadow Of A Doubt, Trailer
I have been trying to buy this on DVD for a while. I may have to resort to buying a copy from Ebay because I cannot find it at all in the shops here in Melbourne. It’s amazing how it is easy to find films featuring Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Segal but impossible [...]
Australia – The Movie
Posted: December 21, 2008 in CinemaTags: Australia, Baz Lurhman, Hugh Jackman, Movies, Nicole Kidman
I admit that I have not seen Baz Lurhman’s Australia. I have no interest in seeing it either. From what I have gathered it is just one big historically inaccurate jingoistic cliche featuring some horrible acting. Apparently there is a lot of nice scenery and flora and fauna, but that is it. This is something [...]
Why do the Australian selectors hate Victorians?
Posted: December 21, 2008 in SportTags: Cricket, Victoria
Why are there no Victorian batsmen in the Australian test cricket team. Surely Brad Hodge, Chris Rogers and David Hussey are good enough to be in the team? Why is it that even when Victorian batters make tonnes of runs in the Sheffield Shield they are still overlooked by Australian selectors. Ever since Dean Jones was unfairly dropped from the test team in 1992 Victorian batsmen have struggled to find a place in the team, and even when they do get selected their is no guarantee that they will keep their spot regardless of how many runs they score for Australia.
