In just a few hours, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will take off like an Olympic ski jumper. Opening ceremonies will last about 4 1/2 hours, and I don't think my wonderful wife will make it through the end of the 1st day. She is a short track speed skater. My boys and I are in it for the long haul, and are like cross country skiers. Just like all the great athletes we'll see and the curlers, we have been training really hard. How, you ask? Well, we have been spending extra time on the couch these past few months, and have been channel surfing to help build our thumb dexterity so we can watch the 5 different channels covering the Olympics. We have been sprinting to the fridge and the bathroom during commercials. I have been spending extra time curling (sweeping and dusting). To help us get through those boring events like the biathlon, ice dancing, and men's figure skating, we have been watching the PGA tour without Tiger, the Cleveland Browns, and as many Big 10 football games as possible. We made it. I believe the last person to try this type of training was Rip Van Winkle, and after 20 years he is still sleeping.
Now, being like athletes we understand that sports is 90% mental and 50% physical according to an ancient wise man...Yogi Berra. We have been working on the mental part as well. To take from an old ABC show, the Wide World of Sports, we had the "Thrill of Victory" -- we were all on the New Orleans Saints' band wagon, and "The Agony of Defeat" -- as a Bay Area guy we had the A's and the train wrecks known as the Raiders and Warriors. We see the "Human Drama of Athletic Competition"
-- who looks better in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Lindsey Vonn or Clair Bidez!
So, if you happen to come over during the next 17 days and see me and my boys sitting in front of the boob tube with a table full of junk food, just remember...we trained for this!!!
I'm going to try to find something short & funny throughout the Olympics so check back often.
Next post: NBA All-Star Game
"Wise Guy"
Go team USA !!! Shawn White is the MAN!!
ReplyDeleteDont worry about posting anything about the 2010 NBA ALL-STAR game, it aint even a real all-star game unless Kobe is playin !! Like Kobe said a few years back " Hate my 81"
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