Comments on: TEN RANDOM THOUGHTS, OLYMPIC EDITION http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/ E AHO LA'ULA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Paul http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7140 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:00:01 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7140 Wow, I guess it's been nearly a full week since I've visited ... Two things: 1) 'Tis the season ... I felt the urge to go rent "Miracle" Tues. night from my favorite mid-major-size mom-and-pop video store, for the first time since the one time I'd seen the film in a theater. There were six or eight copies in the store's general DVD Drama section (about half full-screen, but gotta go wide), and they were all closely compacted by other titles on both ends. Suggesting, of course, that no one else had any of the store's copies of "Miracle" out at the time I got there. How is that possible for a well-established video store, during a Winter Olympics and at a time when it was clear that Team USA probably wouldn't come close to medaling this year? And don't talk to me about online rental services; I rent videos away from home for the same reason I don't shop from my computer - I like to get out of the house. 2) C'mon, with the whole Bettis thing, NBC was really only doing the kind of self-promoting of its programming that FOX has been doing repeatedly through years and years of baseball playoffs. Hey, isn't that Topher Grace? How'd he finagle a seat? Let's put him on camera! Wow, I guess it’s been nearly a full week since I’ve visited …
Two things:
1) ‘Tis the season … I felt the urge to go rent “Miracle” Tues. night from my favorite mid-major-size mom-and-pop video store, for the first time since the one time I’d seen the film in a theater. There were six or eight copies in the store’s general DVD Drama section (about half full-screen, but gotta go wide), and they were all closely compacted by other titles on both ends.
Suggesting, of course, that no one else had any of the store’s copies of “Miracle” out at the time I got there. How is that possible for a well-established video store, during a Winter Olympics and at a time when it was clear that Team USA probably wouldn’t come close to medaling this year? And don’t talk to me about online rental services; I rent videos away from home for the same reason I don’t shop from my computer - I like to get out of the house.
2) C’mon, with the whole Bettis thing, NBC was really only doing the kind of self-promoting of its programming that FOX has been doing repeatedly through years and years of baseball playoffs. Hey, isn’t that Topher Grace? How’d he finagle a seat? Let’s put him on camera!

]]> by: gozer http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7136 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:25:06 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7136 I live in Michicanuckia, so I've been watching curling for a couple decades now on CBC. A wonderfully simple game, and the pinnacle of sportsmanship- no refs, the scoring is done by the captains of the teams. So long as they agree on the score of an end, that's the score. If one of them says he can't tell, they bring out a stick and measure. And the stick determines the score. As a late sleeper, I often find myself in bed at about noon when the curling starts on CBC every saturday. And I find myself staying in bed and watching it for about another 1.5 hours... Fascinating stuff. I live in Michicanuckia, so I’ve been watching curling for a couple decades now on CBC.

A wonderfully simple game, and the pinnacle of sportsmanship- no refs, the scoring is done by the captains of the teams. So long as they agree on the score of an end, that’s the score. If one of them says he can’t tell, they bring out a stick and measure. And the stick determines the score.

As a late sleeper, I often find myself in bed at about noon when the curling starts on CBC every saturday. And I find myself staying in bed and watching it for about another 1.5 hours… Fascinating stuff.

]]> by: Harry http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7128 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:10:57 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7128 Sure, Dylan - what you're hoping for is biathlon with ice dancers as the targets. Sure, Dylan - what you’re hoping for is biathlon with ice dancers as the targets.

]]> by: dw http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7125 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:28:01 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7125 Curling isn't over yet. Playoffs start tomorrow, I think. I like curling -- I watch it when it's on CBC. But the one I've really taken a shine to this Olympics is biathlon. Ski. Shoot. Miss, you have to do penalty laps. Repeat. I was thinking that crossing other sports with target shooting would actually be pretty cool. Cycle 20km, shoot, repeat. Curling isn’t over yet. Playoffs start tomorrow, I think.

I like curling — I watch it when it’s on CBC. But the one I’ve really taken a shine to this Olympics is biathlon. Ski. Shoot. Miss, you have to do penalty laps. Repeat.

I was thinking that crossing other sports with target shooting would actually be pretty cool. Cycle 20km, shoot, repeat.

]]> by: Harry http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7123 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:07:19 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2006/02/20/ten-random-thoughts-olympic-edition/#comment-7123 My fascination with curling began about midway through the match between the US women and Switzerland??? on Saturday, when I stopping thinking how stupid it looked and actually looked at the rules. It got much more interesting then. Now I'm disappointed that it's over. My fascination with curling began about midway through the match between the US women and Switzerland??? on Saturday, when I stopping thinking how stupid it looked and actually looked at the rules. It got much more interesting then. Now I’m disappointed that it’s over.

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