...mountain of suckass political correctness...Even media people are seeing through this nonsense, which is not the case when it comes to the saccharine emotionalism of athletes dedicating their achievements to dead relatives. It's one thing to mark a recent passing of a child or an anniversary of a deceased parent. But now we have -- no joke -- "this ski run is dedicated to my grandfather who d
halls of macadamia | more | posted February 21st
Class - Jennifer HeilJennifer Heil, started skiing when she was two years old, growing up originally in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Since the age of two, Jennifer worked on her skills, giving hundreds upon hundreds of hours of her personal life towards her skills as a freestyle mogul skier, overcoming injuries, participating in her first Olympics at 18 years of age. In 2006, she won a
Searching for Liberty | more | posted February 16th
Chatelaine magazine has an on-line photo spread of six of Canada's male winter Olympic athletes in various stages of undress. The picture at right is of skier Kyle Nissen, skis strageically placed. So here's an idea - lets start staging the Olympic games with all nude athletes, just like they did in ancient Greece. I think it would do wonders for TV ratings.The ancient Greek Olympic games were
Diogenes Borealis | more | posted February 8th