No worries, just thought I would put a reminder out there. It easy to forget that someone would be so assinine as to tape delay something occuring in our own freaking time zone.
Skating just started here. Skiing only ended about 20 minutes ago.
Angel: If I'm not back in a couple of hours— Gunn: You're dead, we're screwed, end of the world.
'Underneath'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Feb 14, 2010 8:04:54 pm PST #8455 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:14:06 pm PST #8456 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scott was pretty blunt on that assesment: "As exquisite a skater as she is, I think he pulls focus. He's not as strong a skater. I think he holds her back."
aurelia - Feb 14, 2010 8:16:39 pm PST #8457 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
If it's what I saw, that shit is B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
I'm sure it is what you saw. I saw it on national news. I was relieved to hear that my brother and parents were safely having lunch together far from the crash.
Watching moguls makes my knees ache.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:16:44 pm PST #8458 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It is weird how many people are skating for countries which are not their birth countries.
Japanese girl skating for Russia. Canadian guy skiing for Australia...
megan walker - Feb 14, 2010 8:19:23 pm PST #8459 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As a dual citizen, I try not to judge, but I'll grant that some of the affiliations seem suspiciously recent.
aurelia - Feb 14, 2010 8:19:38 pm PST #8460 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Is Buzz supposed to compete with Twitter?
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:22:24 pm PST #8461 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but I'll grant that some of the affiliations seem suspiciously recent.
Well, they both had good reasons.
For the Japanese girl they didn't have a strong pairs program.
For the Canadian guy, his coaches questioned his dedication to the sport because he was trying to form an internet business. The business was a huge success (Spam, though, so boo!) and he's still a top ranked skiier, so he had to carve his own path and go to Australia.
Frankly, the politics involved are not the international sort as much as the wicked infighting within national Olympic committees and coaches - not always in the best interests of the athletes.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:23:49 pm PST #8462 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Who is Apollo Ohno trying to catch as most decorated American Winter Olympian?
Is it Bonnie Blair? I think she beat out Eric Heiden.
megan walker - Feb 14, 2010 8:25:07 pm PST #8463 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Bonnie Blair with 6 total. But Eric was 5 for 5 gold.
billytea - Feb 14, 2010 8:32:58 pm PST #8464 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Canadian guy skiing for Australia...
Hey, we'll take whomever we can get. Have you seen our Alps? (We have Alps!) They're half as tall as New Zealand's! (Ours have echidnas though, so there's that.)