Stevie and Becca came downstairs and turned on the TV. For some reason, we started watching the Olympics and the event was curling. I have never curled nor even watched it on TV before but I've gotta tell ya that my eyes were glued to the screen. I don't watch much in the way of sports on TV generally and think that people who watch golf should be sent to labor camps as punishment for wasting so much time when they could be out doing good for humanity. And one would think that watching curling would be about as exciting as watching golf but it was a hoot! It was the US men's team versus Germany. There was just something hypnotic about watching the stone slowly slide across the ice and two grown men swept the path before it with all the abandon of Charlie Sheen at a whorehouse. Maybe it was the fact that I used to go to the Silver Dollar frequently where I'd indulge my affinity for shuffleboard. Both Stevie and Becca curled while in high school up in Portage so they gave me a crash course in the game and its terminology. For anyone who wants to learn about the sport, head to CurlTech's Curling School. It goes beyond the grab-a-beer-and-a-broom approach. Like any technical school, there are sections on theory and practice. And there are nice flow charts like this one for Delivery Theory.
For anyone who has a good handle on what to do with the broom, there's Advanced Sweeping.
The US women's team plays this evening and they have a local connection. Maureen Brunt is the lead and she, like my rooomies, hails from Portage, WI. (About 30 miles north of Madison.)
I was going to comment on Bryant Gumbel's stupid comments on the Games but I found that my sentiments have already been expressed by a fellow Madison blogger over at The Daily Aneurysm. Check them out.
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Thanks for the link to the Daily Aneurysm. I'd have written more over the weekend but I remain obsessed with curling.
They have pills for your obsession...And you're welcome.
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