Do You See The Glory?

Just some random notes on the Beijing Olympics.
Adam Nelson was one of the favorites to win Gold for the US in the shotput. Instead he fouls on all 3 of his attempts and never even gets the metal ball into the grass for a measurement. What a disappointment that must be. It’s [...]

The US has never even come close to medaling in ping pong.  To be brutally honest, they have a difficult enough time just qualifying somebody to participate. I was watching the US women’s ping pong team the other night, and it wasn’t until about half way through the match that I realized I was [...]

Q: Who Alone Can Calm a Raging Storm?
Having grown up in church, I know this answer. Pick me! Pick me!!!
A: JESUS!!!!
Sorry sir, that is incorrect. Now there are 2 entities that can calm a raging storm: Jesus AND China. And Ironically, the Chinese do not believe in Jesus, and yet they [...]

Remember when your momma always told you cheaters never win (well, unless she was a cheater too)? That philosophy held true in the Superbowl this year. But I’ve found one Olympic sport in which this adage falls apart. It’s quite possibly the dumbest competitive sport ever, and I watched it last night [...]

I really like the lesser known sports in the Olympics. When else are you going to see a fencing match? Or to be more accurate, it was the Women’s Saber competition that I was watching. If you haven’t seen these ladies, they wear a tin foil suit, which looks very uncomfortable. [...]

I love the Olympics. If they had a 24-hour Olympics channel, I’d have it. Maybe I already do, since I’m sitting here at 2am watching women’s field hockey. To be honest, I didn’t even know we had a women’s field hockey team. To be even more honest, I didn’t even [...]