August 9, 2012
The above link breaks down the feeding stations, which resemble an aquatic NASCAR pit stop.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Brian Phillips on Grantland wrote a great piece about the surprising change in attitude once you stop thinking of this as a farce, and actually watch Rhythmic Gymnastics:
My own interest in RG is of long standing, dating back to last Friday, when I remembered a promise I'd given my editors that I would "totally write something about the Olympics." For a lot of extremely sound reasons, none of which was that I am lazy and it presumably wouldn't take very long, I thought I'd pick one of the sillier-sounding Olympic sports — race walking, maybe, or trampoline — and fire off something quippy about what it was like to watch. "After all," I said to myself, "the Olympics are all about briefly getting passionately mixed up with sports you don't normally care about. And who doesn't love a good trampoline quip?" I did my usual vampire cackle and adjourned to YouTube.
The problem my little plan almost immediately ran into is that when, as part of my research, I started watching RG videos, I found that I actually liked it. I mean, I think you're not supposed to say that if you're an American sports fan with pretensions to red-bloodedness, but fuck it: These women are amazing.1 If you care about sports on any level beyond box scores and regional rivalries, if you love watching a wide receiver make an acrobatic catch or a striker score an off-balance goal, if you ever feel astonished by, just, like, the incredible things people do with their bodies — then I defy you to watch a few minutes of RG and not think it's pretty cool.
My buddy defined RG as a "Cirque du Soliel Competition" which is entirely accurate.
Gawker runs us through the lunacy of "Wenlock" and Mandeville".
I love mascots more than anyone, and even I can't support those.
They also have their own official terrifying website
Pork and Beans
Heard this song in the car today.
This video was made in 2009.
It already feels dated.
Like it's from some earlier, happy time when we were all giddy about the internet.
Today's Photo:
Woodinville Whiskey Co. offers free tastings of their delicious products.
I suggest pairing any drink with a blizzard, like we did.
They also have this home aging kit.
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