This and that: Olympics edition
August 18, 2008

As you may have heard, the Olympics are into their second week now. They’re even televising some of it.
Let me start with this: Michael Phelps clearly is exceptional. I’ve enjoyed watching the swimming competition he’s been involved in a great deal. Eight gold medals is extremely impressive. However, the sports media [...]

read full post

-->
Silver medals
August 11, 2008

This one’s for the French 4×100 relay swim team, who couldn’t back up their trash talk, and finished .08 seconds behind the U.S. team. Awww…
“Of all the losers, you finished first in that group… You’re the #1 loser.”

Definitely the highlight of the Olympics so far for me.
Events watched so far (as best [...]

read full post

-->