Archive for August, 2008

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Hey there everyone! I hope your summer was great. Mine was busy but wonderful and now, over…I should be skipping through the aisles of Office Depot singing “it’s the most wonderful time of the year…” and sometimes I feel like that, but there’s a cover of sadness that both my children [...]

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Hey there everyone! I hope your summer was great. Mine was busy but wonderful and now, over…I should be skipping through the aisles of Office Depot singing “it’s the most wonderful time of the year…” and sometimes I feel like that, but there’s a cover of sadness that both my children [...]

Well, okay, if you hadn’t noticed, I adore the Olympics.
But, I think it’s bigger than that, of course bigger than me and what I think is great viewing.
I mean how can you not love the Olympics?
Apparently, it’s not hard to ignore them. If you’re Beano Cooke or Mel Kiper, Jr.  that is.
Beano, who’s a University [...]

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But it still feels so nice to be here for the time being.
What’s your favorite summer activity so far?

All the Olympians are amazing. Of course I’m partial to Americans, but boy all of them make me dizzy with awe. Nastia is awesome, Shawn is spectacular, Michael is other-worldly, Natalie, Dara and well…ALL of them are stunning athletes.  They make my nights happy. 
How about you?  Are you catching any of it?

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I actually have two articles in this issue…here’s one of them..the editor’s choice no less. Not to brag or anything…really, but who will tell you if I don’t???? Thanks for caring.

Well, not HERE, but on my tv, they are.
That’s right, no amount of commerical interference can deter my love of the games.  I can’t help it. My parents must have infused this nutty interest in the Olympics in me an now I’m passing it onto the kids.
I can’t stop myself from making them watch…how can [...]