I'm sure most of you are aware of the controversy and protest over the Olympics being held in China, and whether or not the US should boycott them.

I was a citizen of Atlanta when the '96 Olympics were held. I was also a member of Amnesty International back in college, and became acquainted with Equality Now a few years back thanks to the Firefly ( Read more... )

Gracious me, talk about a rowdy crowd.

We got to see the amazing Aleksei Nemov once again, shining on Horizontal Bar with six -- SIX -- stunning release skills. He was just phenomenal. A little hop on the landing, but it was a stellar routine, and the crowd knew it. I wish I could find a video of it online to watch again. The judges gave him a ( Read more... )

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Very, very proud of our US Men's Gymnastics team for winning the silver medal in the team competition in Athens, Greece. I have mixed feelings about Japan's gold: they were magnificent on the High Bar, doing moves of incredible difficulty with focused execution. I can't help wondering "what if," though -- what if the Japanese judge hadn't skewed ( Read more... )

Yes, I was very sorry to hear about Julia. Yes, I'm extremely sad and want to reach out to those who had their homes destroyed by the devastation of Hurricane Charley. However, tonight, it's the Olympics that I'm particularly outraged about ( Read more... )

Haven't made a poll for a while, so . . .

Poll Olympic viewingNothing to do with that, but made a surprisingly good dinner by accident last night - a little Federzoni pasta sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, some red onion, some garlic, and some French garlic sausage (Trois Petit Cochons) that we had in the freezer. A little oregano, a little pepper, and we were good ( Read more... )