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[George]

Now, DRs, I will tell you all a secret.
I am currently looking into going back to school.  I've had some long-range plans in the works for a while, but, this week things began to get serious.  I am filling out forms.  I am completing paperwork.  I am accepting phone calls.  I am doing virtual tours. 
The reason I'm telling my friends on HHW is that I'm writing essays, and I would like a little bit of assistance.
What I need from DRs, and you, too, BK, should you think about it, IS five adjectives you would use to describe me.  (Of course, some of us have met in the real world;  we have all met here in the ether). 
So, if you think you can describe me in five words, preferably adjectives, here's your opportunity.

Thanks. . . . 

Talented!

Good luck, td!!

[bk]

Well, I worked all day addressing, stamping and packaging and managed to get all the US orders on their way.  Cason's on his own with all the foreign orders, although I'll have the bigger ones boxed and ready.

[bk]

Welcome nine GUESTS.

[George]

Has anyone had a cat that did this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8jiP5GAQbE

I've seen that before, but I still love it!

[TCB]

Now, DRs, I will tell you all a secret.
I am currently looking into going back to school.  I've had some long-range plans in the works for a while, but, this week things began to get serious.  I am filling out forms.  I am completing paperwork.  I am accepting phone calls.  I am doing virtual tours. 
The reason I'm telling my friends on HHW is that I'm writing essays, and I would like a little bit of assistance.
What I need from DRs, and you, too, BK, should you think about it, IS five adjectives you would use to describe me.  (Of course, some of us have met in the real world;  we have all met here in the ether). 
So, if you think you can describe me in five words, preferably adjectives, here's your opportunity.

Thanks. . . . 

Witty
Caring
Energetic
Sensitive

[Cillaliz]

I went to bed before the men's finals last night, so when I got up this morning, I had no clue who had won. Getting the newspaper was no help. The skating was on too late on the East Coast to make the morning editions here, so I had to come to the internet to get the results.




I was completely surprised and delighted by the winner, and I can't wait to watch his performance this afternoon when I settle in.

More irritating, of course, were the complaints by the sour-faced sore loser silver medalist who, echoing his fellow countryman from 2002 when she won the silver and thought she deserved the gold, complained about the winner's program in comparison to his own as if landing a quad is ALL that is needed in a sport called figure SKATING, not figure jumping. The judges were looking for a total package of performance with lots of jumps, super spins, and artistry in footwork and transitions going into and out of other moves. The winner had the most exhausting footwork sequence in the entire competition - a level 4 sequence. The silver medalist has a level 2 footwork sequence and stated flatly before the competition that he had no intention of changing it to reflect more difficulty.

Guess what! Had he upped the artistry of his footwork sequences to a level 4, he would have won the gold medal!

If you haven't watched it yet, there was no question...Plushenko didn't skate a balanced program and front loaded all the hard stuff. 

[Cillaliz]

DR Jennifer, the long and the short of it is that not everyone is interested in sports. It has nothing to do with national pride. These are athletic contests, and some people couldn't be less interested.

And it's no different than any other contest be it Miss Universe or The Oscars or the Nobel Prizes or any other competition that pits contestants from around the world against one another. Some people are just not into it.

That's your opinion. I totally disagree. I don't think you have to love sports to love the olympics.

I agree Jennifer, but not everyone is interested.  My family has always watched the Olympics...every  minute we can and we are all still doing just that.  I often tear up watching the national anthems of whatever country but I do cheer for the USA and do see it as national pride.  The athletes have to raise money and I don't begrudge them that.  It's still national pride to me

[Cillaliz]

Hey Maybe next year we can have Ice Dancing with the stars~!

[Cillaliz]

I borrowed this from somebody on Facebook:

"Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember - the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you"

That reminds me of my favorite poem by Edgar Guest, which became my favorite because my family is always quick to tell me that the things I want to do will never work

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
    But, he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one
    Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
    On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
    That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;
    At least no one has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
    And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
    Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
    That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
    There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
    The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
    Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
    That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it

[Cillaliz]

From Cilla:

Evgeni Plushenko looks just like a boyfriend I had years and years ago. He was not a nice person and it makes it very difficult for me to cheer for Plushenko.

He was also the reason I ended up in Phoenix, lol

With his attitude I'm sure a lot of people have trouble cheering for him.  I hope in reality he is nicer than your old boyfriend.

Even with the whining, I'm sure he is

[Cillaliz]

Has anyone had a cat that did this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8jiP5GAQbE

LOL!! Callie will drink out of the faucet, but she would never intentionally put her hair under the stream of water

[Cillaliz]

Man, it's been a busy week again.  We had what they called nuisance snow today. It was snowing but wasn't sticking...it was just a nuisance.

[Cillaliz]

"If anything will rattle that groin injury, it will be this ice"   Quotes like that are why I watch the Olympics

[bk]

td - Fun, bright, caring, loving, conscientious.

[TCB]

"If anything will rattle that groin injury, it will be this ice"   Quotes like that are why I watch the Olympics

Maybe that is where my MRSA attack came from.  My speed skating rattled my groin.

[Laura]

My husband thought that quote was hilarious, Cillaliz.

[Cillaliz]

"If anything will rattle that groin injury, it will be this ice"   Quotes like that are why I watch the Olympics

Maybe that is where my MRSA attack came from.  My speed skating rattled my groin.

It was actually skiing.... a short time later about a different skiier, he said "No one in the business has gone this long without injury"  of course the guy wiped out and had to be taken to the hospital...I saw that one coming.  He has a concussion but is otherwise ok

[Cillaliz]

"Melissa has the best feet in the business"   How can you tell when she's wearing skates?

[Cillaliz]

My husband thought that quote was hilarious, Cillaliz.

[Ginny]

Hey Maybe next year we can have Ice Dancing with the stars~!

Remember "Skating with the Stars" from a couple of years ago?

[Ginny]

American ice dancers Samuelson & Bates - Go Blue!!!

[Cillaliz]

Hey Maybe next year we can have Ice Dancing with the stars~!

Remember "Skating with the Stars" from a couple of years ago?

Yeah, I was thinking about that tonight.  I think the ice dancing may work better. At least they could lean on each other and wouldn't have to do lifts

[Cillaliz]

Never mind...Ice dancers do lifts, what was I thinking....

[Matt H.]

I had a nice visit with my friend Jeff. He got back from a vacation to Las Vegas a few days ago, so he was telling me all about his trip.

[Cillaliz]

DR Matt,did you ever see the rest of Plushenko's skate?

[Matt H.]

I watched some of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN while I waited for him to arrive. I got to "Moses Supposes" and then stopped. Always fun for a revisit, but it was just to kill time until he got here.

[Matt H.]

DR Matt,did you ever see the rest of Plushenko's skate?

No, I Googled it earlier today, but it wasn't up yet anywhere that I could find. I'm sure it will show up eventually.

[Matt H.]

After Jeff left, I put in THE PHANTOM. Yes, it's a cheesy superhero fantasy flick, but it has SUCH gorgeous men in it: Billy Zane, James Remar (really in shape in this), Treat Williams, Jon Tenney. I had forgotten Catherine Zeta Jones was in this.

Anyway, the Blu-ray looked wonderful and had a fantastic DTS-HD MA 7.1 soundtrack. I really loved having those back surround channels being used for a change.

[Cillaliz]

DR Matt,did you ever see the rest of Plushenko's skate?

No, I Googled it earlier today, but it wasn't up yet anywhere that I could find. I'm sure it will show up eventually.

When you do see it, I would be very curious to read your thoughts about it

[Matt H.]

When I finished with THE PHANTOM, I decided to clear another program off the DVR so I watched Wednesday night's LEVERAGE. It was the season finale. Of course, another tiresome cliffhanger for Timothy Hutton's Nate. And the caper was less fun than usual, too, so not a very successful way to end the second season.