Husky fans, back me up on this. Every time you see a headline about the movie Hurt Locker — and there have been a lot lately — your brain only processes those keywords and assumes QB Jake Locker has been injured somehow.
Haven’t seen the movie, but already don’t like it for that reason.
I had a chance to see my first NHL game this week. On Tuesday, the San Jose Sharks played the New Jersey Devils at the HP Pavilion. Fresh off the Olympic hockey finale, we were ready for more icy action. We even got an up-close-and-personal view of Sharkie the mascot as he gave a bag [...]
Last week there was a break in the weather and I went to Bear Valley with a couple of Bryn’s co-workers. It was my first time at that mountain, and it was really sunny and warm. The ungroomed stuff was kind of deadly, apparently it had rained to create a nice layer of crust. It [...]
According to wikipedia, Pixar modeled Frozone (from The Incredibles) after Olympic speedskater Shani Davis. So you don’t have to feel bad about commenting on their striking resemblance.
Congratulations to Shani Davis and all the Olympic athletes.
During Friday’s Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, they would show each country’s population and then the number of athletes from that country. It was interesting to see which countries are the best at producing Winter Olympians.
Among the most efficient was Liechtenstein, with 7 athletes from a population of 35,000. (1 in 5000).
For the sake of comparison:
Canada [...]
Barefoot running is all the rage these days, with many experts citing physiological benefits over running with running shoes. The basic theory is that today’s advanced running shoes provide lots of cushioning and keep the foot relatively immobile. This can cause runners to land on their heels instead of on the balls of their feet, [...]
Chris and I went skiing on Monday. It was a “blue-bird day,” but very cold — a forecasted high of 9 degrees. Side note: I’d been skiing 22 years before I ever heard the term “blue-bird day,” which is apparently a very common skier’s term to describe a sunny day on the mountain. Chris’s explanation [...]
Big time games last night for the Pleasanton championship. We won the first game in come-from-behind-nail-biting fashion, with a last inning walk-off hit. That got us into the championship game that was played right afterward on the same field.
Against the top-seeded team, we rode that momentum to an early lead. But then our defense imploded [...]
Bryn was a champ and completed her first half marathon on Sunday. The Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco raises money for leukemia and lymphoma, with a heavy dose of female empowerment along the lines of “you can do everything the boys can do” and “run like a girl.” Which is great, to get people [...]
Not sure why AZ was throwing on first down instead of running some clock with the lead and three minutes left, but this was just incredible!
