The Uganda series will wrap up tomorrow after our debrief dinner. What else is going on...
We had a quiet anniversary dinner with lousy service. Mo's Fish Shack worked far better.
Veepstakes speculation is the chatter. I am not surprised it hasn't been announced yet, but the convention is heading here rapidly. I'm going with Pawlenty, Portman, then Ryan.
We are watching a lot of Olympics. Every year I get sucked in.
Just started reading Gone Girl. Love it already.
Three dinners in a row out this week. Busy busy.
NFL preseason football starts tonight.
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Olympics
The Olympics are almost 3/4 of the way through, and I definitely got a bit more sucked into watching this year than I thought I would. Last night was the ice dancing competition, with gold & silver taken by two couples who train in Canton, Michigan.
They both appeared so genuinely happy for each other. Quite the contrast from last week's men's competition when the Russian looked mighty peeved that Evan Lysacek "stole" the gold from him. And of course, it is so nice the Americans were natives of Michigan, too!
This past week also marked the thirtieth anniversary of the 1980 USA Gold winning game. And you forget, they beat the Soviets in the second-from-last game. They had to beat the Finns to take the gold. The advice was to win that gold, because not winning it would define them and they'd never live it down. Will the Americans take the gold again this year? It's a different kind of team, since it's not a bunch of nobodies, but NHL stars...but wouldn't it still be nice?
They both appeared so genuinely happy for each other. Quite the contrast from last week's men's competition when the Russian looked mighty peeved that Evan Lysacek "stole" the gold from him. And of course, it is so nice the Americans were natives of Michigan, too!
This past week also marked the thirtieth anniversary of the 1980 USA Gold winning game. And you forget, they beat the Soviets in the second-from-last game. They had to beat the Finns to take the gold. The advice was to win that gold, because not winning it would define them and they'd never live it down. Will the Americans take the gold again this year? It's a different kind of team, since it's not a bunch of nobodies, but NHL stars...but wouldn't it still be nice?
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Michael Phelps
What a remarkable athlete, with eight Gold medals. Michael Phelps in this NBC interview I am watching now also seems to be a pretty grounded person. He talked about all of the sudden friends popping up now that he is somebody, all the kids who taunted his swimming years ago. And he mentioned how this inspired him and drove him forward. I hope a lot of kids heard those words, and they let him inspire them. I have not been as into the Olympics this year, but he's a guy worth rooting for.
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