Swimmin' Salmon

Synergy - It's spelled Vonn, not Vaughn, and her friend is German, not Austrian. You forgot to add his middle name in every instance of his name. Somehow it's important that that get done. If by good-natured competition you actually meant bitter rivalries, than I agree. But watching the Olympics is a lot like visiting Disney. You see all the stuff that you are supposed to see, and never witness the dirty stuff under the surface. There are 4 years between games, and the athletes compete the whole time. What might improve things, and I don't know if Jeff touched on this in his blog, is if the condom deliveries were mandated for all competitions in which rankings were decided. The closeness of the Olympic village seemed to have thawed relations between competitors, and I, for one, would like to see more of that during the Olympic sized intermissions.

Back in my day we had to re-use old posts. None of this fancy double posting, or starting new threads to discuss new topics. All we needed was a new thought and the Edit button. It was good enough then, and it's good enough now.

Huh. Still makes me uncomfortable to have banned members discussed, and even personified, as there is no equitable way for them to represent. On the other hand, at least it is over.

Well, you are still getting an independent dose of the UV while admiring your favorite color of the rainbow.

Originally Posted By: Dantius I knew a guy who went to college with me who wound up at the JPL. We kept in touch for a few years, and by his account it's a fascinating place to work... Hang on a sec. Rocket geologist? Wait, what? There are places other than earth that have substrates of interest to a geologist.

Meh, it was only a bad 8 minutes. Otherwise it was a well played game.

As is typical with NBC, they decided to not show that game publicly, and being a subscriber to their cable efforts, I missed out. But hey, I got to see Bob Costas drone on and on for at least the length of a hockey game.

Bleagh. We had only women's forgone conclusion figure skating to watch.

Yellow - for Pikachu. Put the mossy sphere on the correct altar.

Never mind, you were criticizing another member besides myself.

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES Even if you consider it spam, and you're welcome to I suppose, it remains spam that was deliberately and painstakingly constructed. Deliberately and painstakingly constructed spam is rare here, but it *doesn't* often get locked, because it's interesting even if it's confusing as well. Some of Scorpius's threads from the past few years are good examples of this. The best is probably the one that asked girls if they would rather lay eggs. I've a bridge to sell you.

I love it when mods edit folks that respond to their threads.

I can't say I expect better.

Question. If you have no problem waiting, why are you repeatedly checking this thread and posting? I can't play it, since my hardware is not compatible, despite being <1 year old.

It was neat seeing Vonn's face when she saw that her best shot at a medal was the bronze in the GS. With a simple curl of the lip, she lost favor in these eyes.

I was going to write something clever here, but then noticed that people don't like reading clever things, so I had to think of something else.

Every time I feel myself falling behind, I change the finish line.

House sitting? Turn the thermostat way down, break a water pipe, and get ready to curl!

I have a cottage near Sault Ste Marie, and having driven there both from Boston and Oregon, I can attest to the incredible size of the country. It was (here is the topical tie-in, for those scoring at home) fun watching the opening ceremonies because of the elements in the show which portrayed the many different landscapes, from the maritimes to the ice pack, from the deep forests to the rugged plains. One reason I prefer the first maps of this country to those now sterilely produced is the poetic license employed by the cartographers. It certainly revealed something of them, and their times. I imagine that it was somewhat the same for those responsible for filling that 90 square feet.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity The famous Canadian modesty is really an arrogant patrician indulgence, probably inculcated through spending all our early years sitting under the enormous maps on the walls of our elementary school classrooms. I mean, everybody knows that the only really serious issues involved in comparing countries are whether you have enough arable land, enough water, enough resources, enough space. People do matter more, but people are mobile and will come to those things. So Canadians can just look at the map and shrug. Getting all uptight is for other countries. Isn't all this the result of funhouse projection?

k.d. lang seems perfect for a certain role.

I wish someone would do a good job of trolling this thread. The current effort is hardly worthy of this topic.

Lucy Liu is no lady.

I'm certain that VCH has more immediate knowledge of the effects hosting an Olympics can have on a city than, say, you. There is a multi-million dollar price tag for these events which is being born by the taxpayers, mostly by decreased services before and after the events.

Typical, animal rights activists and anarchists are attempting to get a moment in the spotlight at the expense of the real focus of the event. ... Just thought I would give 'em a hand, here. My way is a lot less destructive.