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Adam van Koeverden

By junior on August 23, 2008, at 5:43 pm

One more day of Olympic fun, and then it’s a long wait until Vancouver.

I have to admit that Spouse and I have been complete summer games junkies over the last few days. We have been camping out at night on the fold-out sofa bed in the living room so that we can fall asleep […]

August 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Olympics | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Silver Medal, but no Silver Spoon

By junior on August 19, 2008, at 8:57 pm

I wrote a little bit the other day about Canadian show-jumping phenomenon Eric Lamaze. Here is a great article about Lamaze from the Toronto Star; I don’t know how long it will remain online, but it gives some pretty good insight into the type of beginnings from which he arose.

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August 19th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Olympics | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Clean, Jerk and Sniffle

By junior on August 19, 2008, at 8:11 pm

I don’t like to tell tales out of school, but (hypothetically) someone I know – someone whose nickname on this site rhymes with “mouse” – has a bit of a problem with the Olympics. The Olympics cause this person to become a complete puddle of tears. Hypothetically, you could put a nine year old child […]

August 19th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Olympics | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Some Olympic Thoughts

By junior on August 16, 2008, at 11:03 am

Usain Bolt: the guy nearly stumbles coming out of the blocks (dragging his left toe on the first stride), shuts the engine off at about 80m (foregoing a full-power effort for the last 8 strides of what is for him a 42 stride race) and STILL shatters the world record and lays down a 9.69. […]

August 16th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Olympics, Quotable Quotes, Show Jumping, Television | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)