Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Put the pedal to the medal

Greetings to those who wear the Olympic rings.

I have not been watching the 2010 Winter Olympics. It is not really my thing. Wendy does have it during background noise as I fall asleep. Her complaint is that every time she tries to watch, it is skiing. I am surprised that the coverage is still on. I think it runs two weeks. I wonder how many athletes there are in the Winter Olympics? Because I keep hearing the same names. Maybe it is that way in the Summer Olympics. I do not really watch the Summer Olympics either.

I did hear that the speed skater Apollo Ono did win a medal. So he became the all time medal winner for the Winter Olympics. I think he won seven. I know this is a major accomplish and I could not do it. However, in a small part of my mind I think that most are bronze. Here he is squeaking by to take his place on the stand and make history. It is a sport that the difference between a medal or not can be a thousandth of a second. In the long range of things it is the number of medals that count in the history book.

By the way a special programming note. If you are easily disgusted, then do not watch the first five minutes of Saw VI while eating dinner.

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