Yep. And if they don't, the context of the sentence should help them.

Is there a fire on your side of the hill, Allyson? We're going to breakfast at Trails Cafe in the park at Ferndell tomorrow (if you are Polgara want to join us) but only if there's not a fire.

I just got back from the grocery store with a view of Griffith and didn't see one. Can't smell it either.

Arguing with my co-author about a couple of word issues.

My syllabus has been approved.

Yay!

Middle school kids know that the word din means noisy, right?

I didn't know that.

Though, maybe I did, and only right now I don't know that. It makes sense, since I seem to have lost big chunks of my Hebrew, as well - I'm translating the abstract and table-of-contents into Hebrew, and it's like my vocabulary went to sleep and left me all alone here.

[Edit:

to see the vids of them

Can't on this computer. Will have to wait for the home computer.]

In swimming, Michael Phelps climbing up to hug his Mom nearly broke me.

I'm glad swimming's over, maybe they'll stop talking about Phelps now.

I like track and field, nearly every country has someone who can run.

We're transitioning from Swimming and Gymnastics to Track and Field.

I'm sure that there is some other big sport in the 2nd week - but right now I cannot think what it is.

They'll probably do more with the basketball and beach volleyball. There's also the individual apparatus competitions in gymnastics, and some more diving.

I'm sure that there is some other big sport in the 2nd week - but right now I cannot think what it is.

Basketball, at least as far as the TV schedule goes.

I'd be happy to not see any more beach volleyball. It gets really very much the same after a while.

Oh, hey, the US men's sabre team is in the gold medal match. Total surprise! (And tomorrow's another weekend day of getting up way too early...)

Isn't basketball almost done?

Diving. . . could be diving.

The individual apparatus gymnastics stuff are done on Monday, no?

K and I were talking about how it seems to me that individual sports get a ton more interest and play than team sports. That might have to do with the amount of time team sports takes (the fact that it is a tournament style elimination) and the fact that a handful of team sports (basketball and baseball in the summer and hockey in the winter) have professional leagues in the US that get a significant amount of television time so those sports seem less pressing to watch.