I think Crystal would be a physical threat (a) in a footrace (b) after a month of training (c) well-rested and well-fed. But under these circumstances, she's probably just barely getting enough calories to stay conscious (and being a professional sprinter doesn't mean you can throw a ball or walk a balance beam, so in many challenges her skills just don't apply).

That said, she's probably feeling pretty good about her decision not to tell anyone she used to be an Olympian.

I think Crystal would be a physical threat (a) in a footrace (b) after a month of training (c) well-rested and well-fed.

Like say on the first day when she had to be dragged up the hill?

That said, she's probably feeling pretty good about her decision not to tell anyone she used to be an Olympian.

Oh yeah. Actually, I was hoping that might come with the whole Marcus thing. That could have been fun-ee.

Yep, that's the one. It's huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

I know! I've actually been in there a couple times! It's proved a convenient place to sit, have a cup of coffe and read when I'm in the city and a couple hours early for whatever lunch engagement I have in the neighborhood. (Especially in the summer, when it was scorching.)

I was equally dismayed about the lack of understanding about New American, which was made clear by the comment by one of them about "contemporary American," which, yeah, there's your problem right there.

To be fair -- and remember, I'm not much of a cook, and these folks should be WAY ahead of ME -- Tom's explanation of New American cuisine on his blog was terribly confusing, and left me going, "Huh. So, Thomas Kelleher is New American, and so is Mario Battalie. Huh. I don't get it."

One suspects that the phrase itself is the bugaboo here: It strikes me as one of those things that have meant so much to so many people that it's essentially meaningless. So what happened was, for the most part, an emphasis on classic American flavors (done badly, evidently, fo rwhich there's no excuse) when what they should have been concentrating on was sophistication.

TAR: OMG, I can't believe that the Frats just had to leave their shoes behind.

I'm wondering whether that lack of money in addition to their general incompetence will finally have them out.

It looks like "general incompetence" is an ongoing theme for the Frats. They've inherited Team Divorces' inability to Read.The.Damn.Clue.

Can you BELIEVE how uncoordinated that one Frat is?

They switched AGAIN??!!

Oh, no. There is no way they can catch up, is there?

No band in school is bad for you!! I love the razzing they're getting from the soldiers.

Poor Dallas is getting so worn out.

"Here are the instructions for you to follow."

"I hate you."

Hah!!

vs.

"Thank you, my love. [MWAH!]"

"We've been the tortoise this entire race."

No, you've been the idiots this entire race.