Am I missing something? I noticed that Being Erica, a Canadian series, was missing the season 2 episodes from episode 2 onwards. I decided that I would investigate and provide the titles and original air dates. All 5 updates were rejected, apparently the original air date means the U.S. date which is next year with the Canadian air date in the notes section. Am I now going to have to go back over all the series for which I'm responsible and find the U.S. air dates and put them in as the originals???? I am mad, just a lot!!

Sorry, but I just had to post these that a friend sent me earlier today.........

IDIOT SIGHTING :
We had to have the garage door repaired.'The Qualified' repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Garrador made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower.' I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, 'NO, it's not. Four is larger than two..'
We haven't used a 'Qualified' repair man since.

IDIOT SIGHTING:
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's take-out window and I gave the girl a £5 note. Our total was £4.50, so I also handed her a 50p piece.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.' I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a £1 back.' She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I did so, and he handed me back the 50p, and said 'We're sorry but they could not do that kind of thing.' The clerk then proceeded to give me back £1 and 50p in change..
Do not confuse the waitresses at McD's.

IDIOT SIGHTING:
I live in a semi rural area near Rackenford. We recently had a new neighbour call the local council office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'

IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE:
My daughter went to a local Restaurant and ordered a tomato salad. She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.

IDIOT SIGHTING:
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked 'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?' To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'
He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'

IDIOT SIGHTING:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged colleague of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, 'What on earth are blind people doing driving?!'
She was a trainee community police officer

IDIOT SIGHTING:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear colleague. She was leaving the company due to 'downsizing.' Our manager commented cheerfully, 'This is fun. We should do this more often.' Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.

IDIOT SIGHTING:
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it w as unlocked. 'Hey,' I announced to the technician, 'its open!' His reply, 'I know. I already got that side.'
This was at the Ford dealership.

STAY ALERT!

They walk among us... And they VOTE and they REPRODUCE

Much TV has been watched over the past month. Finished watching Harpers Island, very thrilling, I assume from the ending that there won't be another season. Just finished watching Now and Again, only one season made and I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW IT ENDED! I'd never seen this before and was intrigued, with a pre-24 Dennis Haysbert, the lovely Margaret Colin, and a post-Dark Skies Eric Close although some of the supporting cast left a bit to be desired. Also watched Life, both seasons; yet again another excellent series ended prematurely. Also been watching The Inbetweeners, season 1, a very funny british comedy, although it revolves around teenagers, we see it from an adult perspective. Good to see Eureka is back and I've picked up another couple of series which could be interesting; Warehouse 13 a top-secret storage facility in North America that houses every strange artefact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government, and Hung (which has just been renewed for a second season) about a coach who desperately needs money and becomes a male escort!

I also caught the German F1 Grand Prix where Aussie Mark Webber took his maiden win then two weeks later, the Hungarian Grand Pix where Lewis Hamilton, the current World Champion took his first win of the season. Looks like being a good title fight between Webber and Jenson Button.

Sorry, this is just a quick update, I'll add some more in the next week. Have a good one

Yet again, I've tried to watch Lost, from the beginning, I really have! It just doesn't 'grab me' like some other series have. It has too many unbelievable elements, I know too much about aircraft to accept some of the situation so it just broke too many rules for me. Also, some of the characters are not likeable, I mean in a story way, I can like "baddies and goodies" but maybe some of the actors aren't likeable. The abysmal Jorge Garcia just annoys me every time I see him, the first time I saw him in Becker, I knew that was the end for that series. In fact out of all the people marooned on the island there isn't one that I'm desperate to find out any more about. Sorry to all the "Losties" but it just doesn't do it for me.

Now, I've just found Harper's Island and it has me hooked from the start. The first 3 episodes were great and I was surprised to see so many familiar faces from Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Flash Gordon, Eureka etc. The Big Bang Theory is still excellent and I am catching up on Grand Designs http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/index.html and some early episodes of Come Dine With Me.

My daughter and I have just completed Blake's 7, season 1 and although some of the old BBC sets are a bit shaky, the stories are outstanding. We also watched a trilogy of Star Trek movies over the weekend; Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home, some great scenes, especially in the last one. She's also admitted that the original Star Trek wasn't that bad.

I've also, in the last month, had a marathon viewing of all 45 episodes of the 1970's Royal Navy drama, Warship, which I was transferring from VHS on to DVD, sad isn't it!

I need to add blogs more often however, my keyboard is still playing up and every time I type something I have to go back over it and correct it - it drives me nuts!

Happy viewing everyone.

Yes, I've seen the new movie, previews started in the UK last Thursday and my wife and I (and my daughter and her boyfriend who didn't really want to go) went along to see how the series would be re-imagined. I realise that they had to show how the main characters first met each other in a short space of time, and I realise that the relationships had to develop fairly quickly, all due to the limitations in time however, with McCoy as a Doctor and Kirk going through a Command programme, it is very unlikley that they would be part of the same training course.

Near the end of the movie, and indeed in various parts in between, Kirk assumes a command role on the ship. What happened to the command structure on board the ship? Do they expect us to believe that in the future, a Cadet, regardless of how impressive he may be during training, would be allowed to take command of a Starship once the Captain and the First Officer are no longer able to! Also, once a Cadet has proven himself in one command situation, that he would be promoted to full Captain, given a Starship and sent on his way with 430 souls to look after, without having gone through an apprenticeship as a junior officer and learning the ropes from a much more experienced commander.

Aside from the non canon elements of Uhura and Spock making out, Spocks mother dying, Vulcan being destroyed, which I accept can all be explained by the parallel timeline, there were some clever nods to the original series and movies; "I am, and always shall be, your friend", "I'm a Doctor, not a .......", the Vulcan mind meld, the Vulcan nerve pinch, the Kobiyashi Maru, Spocks parents, the guy in the red uniform not making it back, and Leonard Nimoy, were all there to try to bring in 'The Original Fans'.

The special effects were very impressive as should be expected, the fight scenes and action scenes were well done, in fact, Kirk was reminiscent of Jack Bauer in many scenes.

As a movie without 43 years worth of baggage I would give it 9.5 out of 10, as a movie with one of it's hands tied and trying to satisfy the original fans and bring the new 'on board' I would give it 8.5 out of 10.

By the way, the engine room was a complete mess, couldn't they have at least taken that element from Enterprise?