Used to love watching the Endless Summer movies when I was a kid, never see this one before, it's making me want to hit the track!

It's about the right time.

The first practice session for the 2013 Isle of Man TT starts on May 25.

Isle of Man. The closest thing to a death match that there is in modern sports.

One of the racers, Yoshinari Matsushita, died in the Monday practice session.

See http://www.isleofman.com/news/video/55455/tt-japanese-rider-dies and http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/may/28/yoshinari-matsushita-isle-of-man-tt

Tuesday's practice was canceled because of road conditions.

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See http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/pervert-had-83-000-photographs-of-children-1-5726461

The two lead stories are side by side and makes them appear at first as if they are all the same story.

The headline on the left is "Pervert had 83,000 images of children" while the story to the right is topped by a picture of Michael Dunlop on the winners podium holding his trophy after Sunday's Isle of Man Superbike race.

Someone from the Isle of Man wrote about being at a newsagents and watching people's reaction to the newspaper:

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Those who glanced at the paper ALL did a double-take, with raised eyebrows and shocked looks. Every one of them repeatedly looked back and forth between the headline and the photo directly next to it.

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I imagine that Michael Dunlop isn't very amused by that even if he did win both of today's races as well.

The Southern 100 on the Isle of Man isn't as well known as the TT. It's going on this week on the Bilown course (run on public highways) in the southern part of the Isle of Man near Castletown.

They lost three racers so far this week. One was in a practice session on Monday, one in the 600 cc race on Thursday, and one in the sidecar race on Thursday.

I'm thinking of ordering an Isle of Man TT jacket:



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I can foresee one problem, though.

What do you bet that everyone around here thinks TT means Texas Tech?