All,

Felt I had to share. I had a great Christmas and hope you all had the same.

However, this week I have received 3 items that have got me even more excited.

The first, a new anamorphic widescreen version of my favourite film of the 80s. Recently released in Australia, I ordered it on Christmas Eve and it arrived this Wednesday. The film? The Wraith. Sadly typical teen movie but I have always loved it. It came out on Region 2 DVD a few years ago and I was sadly disappointed by the transfer. It wasn't even video quality and the image was seriously clipped. Haven't looked at the new one yet but it won't be long.

The second, the CD of my favourite movie soundtrack of the 80s. You may have guessed that this is ... The Wraith. A fantastic score with my favourite song of all time. I never knew that it had made it to CD but apparently there were some pressings in Japan and Germany. These occassioanlly filter through ebay but I got mine off iOffer.com. Even though it is digitally remastered the quality is a little disappointing, but still better than the attempt I made of copying to wav from tape then converting to mp3. I can always hear every glitch and it really narks.

The third, we are now a 2 empeg family. My new one arrived today. Only 18GB and still with v1.01 on it. In it's original box with 2 spare original lenses, all the cables and remote and software and stickers etc, etc, etc. I'm just putting v2 final on it now. This has prompted some slightly off the wall discussion in my household. 2 empegs ... 1 for me .. 1 for SWIL. So, they need names. I'm tempted with ... well ... this is probably just a UK thing, but when you see a couple with matching attire they are called ?????? and Hilda. The question is, do I fill in the blanks with Harold or Howard. Anybody know what that phrase is?

Boy, did I need to get THAT off my chest.