Author: OmniRunner
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London Olympics Day 13
London Olympics Day 13 It’s now getting to the point where I need two cups of coffee just to clear my head in the morning. I was up to almost mid-night last night. I watched part of the Woman’s Beach Volleyball game with Brazil vs Germany. The Brazilians had a little conflict when things were…
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London Olympics, August 8th, 2012
London Olympics Last night I surfed through hours of sports on my DVR. We’re not into water polo or volley ball so there was a lot to skip. We have made a point of spending some time watching sports we never get to see. Last night I watched Woman’s Shot Put.I don’t know how much that…
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London Olympics, August 7th, 2012
London Olympics 2012 I have been watching events out of sequence on my DVR and staying up too late. I watched Oscar Pistorius “Blade Runner” last night in the 400M semi-finals.It was really quite remarkable. I wondered if he had some sort of advantage because he could use different “blades” for different conditions, or might…
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Lobster Weekend
This weekend was the family reunion in Maine. We do this every summer but this year was my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary and their great-grand daughter’s 1st birthday. Lobster Feast We spent Saturday enjoying each others company and feasting all day. We started with steamed clams and mussels and then went to the freshest Alaska…
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Friday Post, August 3rd, 2012
I hope everyone has been enjoying the London Olympics. I’ve been having a great time watching but have stayed up way too late every night and my brain is paying the price. Seeing Michael Phelps win Silver in the 4×100 Freestyle was awesome. After seeing him come up short in his first three races I…
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Weekend in Review: Now That’s Living!
What a weekend Friday night we watched the opening of the London 2012 Olympics. I don’t care what the critics say, it was smashing, bloody awesome and truly brilliant! We were entertained, moved and laughed out loud so many times. It was such an engaging production on so many levels. The music was so evocative,…