Many people have been having fun with Great Britain's Mo Farah gold medal winning expressions after the London 2012 Olympics.  There is a tumblr website that is dedicated to all of the many different photoshop images, but this one has to be my favorite as it combines Mo with "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".  I don't care if no one else likes it, ( Read more... )

Well, the Olympics are now over, which I guess is good for the work and house chore productivity... but man, I loved being able to follow track/athletics around!  :-(  Unfortunately (or fortunately? depends on how you look at it), work has lulled a little as we got a report out the door and are now waiting for comments on it from the client/ ( Read more... )

I have been following the Olympics quite a bit this past week, now that the athletics portion is in full gear.  I don't know how the media has been promoting different athletes in other countries, but NBC USA has been heavily promoting Lolo Jones (110 hurdles) and Tyson Gay (100m) due to setbacks they had in 2008 due to injury or performance.   ( Read more... )

Only eight days to go until the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and an additional seven days after that before the track and field portion begins.  I love the Olympics so I am very excited for it to be coming up very soon.  I hope to watch as much of it as I can.  So what if it's 5 hours ahead?  I'll do the best I can (although work will ( Read more... )

Benefits of watching the Olympics: one of the few times where a nation can gather together to support a national squad within international competition.  Sorry, but football and baseball have no international components, hardly any American really watches soccer, and hockey and basketball BARELY go over the border as USA and Canada typically field ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but it really only came to me today that the Winter Olympics are starting this week (Thursday I believe).  I've seen the ads on TV and the stories online.  But to be honest, I haven't really planned on watching any of it.  Maybe this Thursday I can try to watch the opening ceremony.  Those are pretty cool ( Read more... )

Congrats to Rio for winning the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.  To be quite honest, I thought Chicago was going to give them a good run for their money.  I guess the IOC did not like the lack of focus of the final presentation and the brief visit of President Obama during this whole deal... more details as to why Chicago got outsted in the ( Read more... )

Does anyone else get a bit of nostalgia towards their school years whenever fall/autumn comes rolling in?  It's happened to be twice in the last week.  I don't know if this goes away the longer you spend time away from school or not.  It's not a bad thing, but I find it kinda funny ( Read more... )

I bet everyone has heard the basics of this story, but the 2009 World Champion in the women's 800m run, Caster Semenya, has been the center of a gender identification contraversy. Her sudden rise, win, and appearance on the world professional level of track and field has made people question whether or not she is 100% woman. I have to admit, Caster ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the closing day on our new house.  We're also moving right after the closing, but we'll have everything packed ahead of time and waiting in the moving van while we're finishing up the last of the paperwork.  God things have been busy ( Read more... )