Interesting…

March 3, 2010

Did I just write March?  Damn, I did.  Boggs, Sea Otter, the Shasta Lemurian all about one month away, I’d better start riding my bike….more!

Did any of you know that our President is a smoker?  Yup.  He recently had his annual physical and it has been reported that he’s in good sape at 47 but needs to “keep working” on kicking this nasty little habit.  Apparently smoking and a bit of hoops on the side keep Mr. Obama the top of his game. 

I thought the Olympics were  a great success.  Despite the naysayers that it would flop, as well as it’s difficult opening days losing an athlete, the overall view is that it as a great success.  Nice save of grace by the Canadian men’s hockey team to beat our boys for the Gold… a bit of saving face.  I give our men’s  hockey team a ton  of credit.  Not really looked at as a medal contender but they certainly showed otherwise — urely my favorite of the games as they interviewed well , were appreciative of having the opportunity and seemed to play as if each moment they were on the ice was to be their last. Inspired play with a great result.

Another of my favorites has to be Shaun White.  Don’t care what sport he plays, skates or sends it in, he loves what he does and his attitude is contagious.  Doesn’t hurt that he flat out owns the sport.  A great example of an amazing athlete that happens to be well grounded as well.  White has been on the scene since he was dominating skateboard competions  as a 10 year old.   He   has not only evolved as a professional but also  pushed the limits of an incredibly innovative,  high flying sport to new levels (to have said new heights would have been to easy).  At only 22(?)  it looks as if  Shaun White will be around for a long time.

I found it a bit ridiculous that all the media wanted to do with Lindsey Vonn and Bodi Miller was  talk  about their Olympic disappointment.  Whose disappointments?   That they didn’t win more gold medals?  What a clueless bunch of “never were’s” today’s media are.  They have no idea what it takes to reach that level and absolutely no experience  with  what level of skill, training, sacrifice, dedication and luck is required for any athlete in any Olympic sport  to pocket a single gold (with the exception of the few former athletes they bring on).  Even then, those individuals constantly made “Back in the day when I  was competing Don” remarks.) .  Now, I do  not appreciate Vonn’s  ”caddishness” behavior to her teamates  or Miller’s  lack of respect and disregard for his last  Olympic’s but I do respect the  ability, talent and furthermore, the results.  They both deserve huge applause for all of the medals including the revered Gold.  Remember when a single Gold put an athlete on the Wheaties Box?  There will always be the occasional freak of nature such as a Micheal Phelps or a Carl Lewis who were Gold medal winning machines.  Based on  every Olympic outing, every event  they competed in that we could (almost) expect another  Gold after another   soon to be draped around their repective  necks.  We were lucky to bear witness  to such mythological athletic achievements.  Realistically however, to expect that of  other athletes is unreasonable, especially when not having a clue of what it takes.

Biggest “Oops’”of the Olympics goes to a member of the German speed skating team.  This athlete was the team’s alternate.  The skaters  listed ahead of  him  on the team’s roster had scratched  from the even or had been injured. It  turns  out he was going to get the shot of his athletic lifetime!  Unfortunately, he missed the call…He had turned off his cell phone…sucked to be him:(

Now the next incident at the Games came in a close second.  I  can’t believe no one  took particular notice with the current  media focus  on illegal drug use at the elite level.  A announcer covering the US  v Sweden hockey game had commented  about one of  the athlete’s injuries and questioned his return to the ice.  A fellow announcer, a former hockey player himself  (now, I am not making ANY statements  in regards to hockey players’ intelligence) remarked “Now, I’m not sure what all these rules and regulation are here at the Olympics but if we were back home, ya know, he’d just make a quick visit, ya know, to Dr. Feelgood, and, ya know, he be back out in no time.”  He proceeded to try to explain Dr. Feelgood, a shot, needles, injections etc…

New research from England indicates that daily cosnumption of dark chocolate greatly reduces the risk of heart attack as well as stroke.  In addition, their study found that dark chocolate aids in lowering blood pressure..Nice, I can ad that along with my beers to my healthy eating plan.  Willie Wonka, here I come!

Great quote from Tom Embrie who checked in over at my fan page on Facebook: “Shitload is an actual unit of measure.”  Classic for sure:)

I need to do a shitload more riding so while you guys and gals keep sitting there, I’m out!  Come join me…

Bobby

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