...if I forget Usain's Bolt's victory dance after breaking the world record in the men's 200 meters event or Shawn Johnson's big smile after her perfect ending in the balance beam event by the next Olympics. But what will be etched in my memory for life, is Lolo Jones burying her head in shame after she tripped over the ninth hurdle in the women's 100 meters hurdle. In a world, where your merits...

...for an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Ms. Winfrey opened the program with the Olympic fanfare viewers heard so often last month. Chicago is one of the cities bidding to be the host of the 2016 Olympics and Ms. Winfrey noted that Mayor Richard Dailey was attending one of her shows for the first time. With the crowd chanting “USA, USA, USA,” Ms. Winfrey announced that “there are thousands of...

Title: Laughing at Your Jokes Cast: Sue Bird/Diana Taurasi, Lauren Jackson, et al. Summary: Diana and Sue in Beijing, in Russia, and a few places in between. With gold and without. Notes: If you...all. Then she smiles, resumes stroking. "Sure thing, Dee." There's another gasp, and Diana's brain quickly joins her blood pressure in the present time and place. It's a pretty great place to be

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Well, I *finally* remembered to bring the work camera home, so pictures! Here's my bronze win: Whee! Now to figure out how I want to finish it (lined or not? learn the sewing machine or just put...who just about died. So I figured that would be the first piece I'd chart in my quest to sell quotations and I'm going to send it to her. I hope to have designs up for sale next year. I gotta get busy

...Daniel, Scott, Barry, and Brett. Before we landed in Vegas there was a $100+ bar tab on the plane (and we left at 9AM). We were there from Thursday through Labor Day. The results for the 2008 Las Vegas Olympics are shown below...  1. Blackjack - Everyone starts with $50 and has one hour to earn as much money as possible.  (Gold medal favorite: Jeff K.) This never happened as a group. I believe...

for the Star Wars fans that are still hanging in there… and for you Michael Phelps fans… Stay tuned for more pics from the Con.

...we'll see, I guess - right now I'm just crossing my fingers that I don't completely die of work. Anyway, before I slip back into the endless void that is college, I did mention that I have some more Olympics stuff to share, and SO I DO! In link form: - The Olympics MUST be a fandom, because DUDE, we can't make this shit up . - This is totally not comprehensive, but my love for it is MASSIVE, anyway...

Michael Phelps is hosting Saturday Night Live 's season premiere, which is in two weeks. I knew I kept this icon for a reason other than I'm going through Olympic withdrawal and I miss seeing the world's greatest Olympic athlete every night! Also, I'm thinking about doing picspammy 's next challenge - Couples. Other than the obvious one, which OTP should I pick? Decisions, decisions.

Globally the date is remembered as that of the opening ceremonies of the 23 rd Olympics in Beijing .   I was in Caraga to help out in the exploration of the area.   My organization wanted to open a new program area in Mindanao .   We were all exhausted that day having visited areas under an unforgiving sun.   I was ill.   We dined early and holed-up in our rooms after.   I was already...