Support for Olympic Curlers (and other athletes?)
As I have watched the curling from the 2010 Olympics, I have heard several of the commentators tell us that so-and-so from such-and-such country is …
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That Giant Sucking Sound from Edmonton
That sound you heard at the end of each period in the US-Canada gold medal game was the giant sucking sound of a multitude of …
Olympic post-mortem
Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see “home-cooking” in the Men’s 500m short-track race, where a Canadian judge made …
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
The Room for Debate blog at the New York Times runs a series of short opinion pieces today about the lack of snow in Vancouver …
“Own the Podium”? Why bother?
The 2010Winter Olympics will soon begin in Vancouvre, BC, and environs. In the media build-up that is taking place in Canada, we are beginning to …
Canadian Hockey, Sex, and My Golf Game
Related to Skip’s post, how much happiness was generated in Canada by Sunday’s hockey victory? “Thousands on street” in Vancouver (maybe 150,000), Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal …