1984: NSP watches the Olympics with fascination, amazed at the athletic feats, delighting in her status as an American. Shortly thereafter she decides she too will be a gymnast. Lacking the correct equipment, she appropriates a laundry pole as her vault and gets to work training. Her first attempt is largely successful with one exception; alas, [...]
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Aging Out of the Olympics
Posted in sports on July 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m enjoying this game much less than the first three…
Posted in sports on June 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
enough said.
I thought it ended pretty well though.
The NBA Finals: Lakers and Celtics
Posted in adventures with child, sports on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After a few years away from the NBA because of total disgust, I am loving the Finals. I’ve mentioned often how much I love Kevin Garnett. I don’t really care about the Celtics but I love the return of 80s-style team basketball. I like seeing Ray Allen adjust in favor of defense and team play [...]
This needs to stop…
Posted in politics, sports on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mr. Me and I live by two simple truths. The first is that there is a causal relationship between us buying packs of tickets to sporting events and the team doing much worse than expected (the best example of this being our influence on the 2004-05 Timberwolves season that was marred by contract disputes, incredibly selfish play [...]
