I genuinely love the Olympics. Following on yesterday’s talk about what to be excellent at, I think the Olympics gives us all a chance to really rally around this elite set of folks who are genuinely excellent at these sports.<\/p>\n
For some reason, and I don’t really know why, I find the Winter Olympics to be much better than their summer counterpart.<\/p>\n
I used to know all of the athletes, and really root for folks. Now I just enjoy the various sports. I LOVE figure skating (men’s and women’s), and I find the biathlon to be amazing. The ski jump always scare the shit out of me. And the new sports are fun to watch, and tend to be really exciting.<\/p>\n
When all is said and done, we get to watch one person get rewarded as the best in the world at something. Imagine that. Out of 7 billion… you are number 1.<\/p>\n
Now that’s excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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