Just stopping by...
Diana
somewhere?
J Peters
> Kinda miss the old place...it's been a while. Gem, are you still around
> somewhere?
Still around.
Real life is still happening all the time. We're getting ready to ship
the younger one off to college soon.
And we just had to replace our central air unit. The 40 year old unit
that came with the house just up and died. My SIL's husband is an HVAC
specialist and he hooked us up with a reliable installer and a good
replacement unit.
I got to see part of the track and field Olympic trials in person, which
was very cool. I think the highlight for me was the men's 1500m. The
top 3 are all immigrants, but with very different stories. The winner
was Bernard Lagat, who became a citizen relatively recently, after
attending university in the USA, and competing internationally for
Kenya, before he married and decided to make his home here. The silver
medalist, Lopez Lumoung, was born in Sudan, one of the lost boys. He
was raised in upstate New York by foster parents, and became a citizen
while at university. The bronze medalist, Leonel Manzo, was born in
Mexico, but grew up in Texas. They're probably the best group of milers
we've had in quite some time.
Oh, we went on a family trip recently. The most 'interesting' part was
when my son got his first speeding ticket.
Hey, what can I say? I am definitely not bored.
Gemini
Daniel R. Reitman
wrote:
>. . . .
>I got to see part of the track and field Olympic trials in person, which
>was very cool. I think the highlight for me was the men's 1500m. The
>top 3 are all immigrants, but with very different stories. The winner
>was Bernard Lagat, who became a citizen relatively recently, after
>attending university in the USA, and competing internationally for
>Kenya, before he married and decided to make his home here. The silver
>medalist, Lopez Lumoung, was born in Sudan, one of the lost boys. He
>was raised in upstate New York by foster parents, and became a citizen
>while at university. The bronze medalist, Leonel Manzo, was born in
>Mexico, but grew up in Texas. They're probably the best group of milers
>we've had in quite some time.
>. . . .
Daniel puts down his Italian soda (diet raspberry, no ice, no cream,
no whip) and speaks up. "I was there a different day, which meant
that I had the rare privilege of seeing Tyson Gay collapse in the 200
quarterfinals. Fortunately, the report is that the injury isn't as
bad as it looked. Which, at first glance, appeared to be a possibly
season-ending hamstring."
Dan, ad nauseam
J Peters
My hubby was on the jury of appeals, which meant he was there for the
whole shebang. I couldn't take that much time off of work. But, since
he already had a room...
So, you were there when the 20km race walk men got their medals. My
husband coaches the silver medalist.
And you got to see the outstanding craziness of Tony Fami (Anthony
Famiglietti) in the men's steeplechase. That was some wild race. The
women's steeplechase was equally outstanding in a totally different way.
I nearly bought myself a 'Keep Eugene Weird' t-shirt. But I didn't want
to deal with people asking, 'Who is Eugene?'
Gemini
kittent
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:11:13 -0400, J Peters <gemini...@nospam.com>
was so great to meet you in person...i hope you are enjoying
worldcon...."