I wasn’t sure what to think of the Opening Ceremonies. I wasn’t a big fan of watching the transformation going from one ere to another, seeing men in top hats do something like the Macarena, and even though McCartney played and J.K. Rowling read, I was surprised that Elton John, Coldplay, and Adele wasn’t anywhere to be seen.
As much as I like how the flame was lit with all those copper leaves from every nation, it’s a bit weird that it’s not up high where it can be seen from all around the city. As much as the residents of London have to put up with the games, they should at least be able to see the flame.
There’s a lot of empty seats at the Olympics, and it’s not due to lack of interest, so there is now an inquiry about scandal.
If you enjoyed the music during the Parade of Nations, you can download the tracks here or through iTunes. Two U2 songs made the track, with “Streets” being a new remix.
Three athletes came to the Olympics under the Olympic flag, otherwise known as Independent Olympic Athletes, and they had a lot of fun during the Parade of Nations, as they should have. If one were to win gold, I wonder what song would be played? It would probably the Olympic anthem.
Tim Tebow is one massively muscular quarterback, so here’s some eye-for the ladies. My apologies for you women of the faith that I just lead down the road to lust.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers have always had a traditional looking uniform, but they will try out a new uniform in which the player’s numbers on the font will display in the upper right and a gigantic “N” will display in the middle.
I have a feeling some of the most recent press releases from Billy Graham did not come from him, but from his son using his dad’s name to try to make a point.
I’ve always wanted to take a long bike ride, so yesterday around 3:00 PM in the middle of the Texas heat I decided to ride to BibleScholarGeorge’s house . . . only to find he wasn’t home. From there, I road a bit here and there until I got back at home and saw my odometer read 21.68 miles.
It’s kind of funny living in this area, because my journey took me from Lewisville, to Coppell, Irving, and then back again crossing two counties. It all sounds like a large area, but cities around here are pretty darn close.
My brother-in-law does this cool thing that for each birthday he rides his age. Maybe I’ll be in good enough shape to do that one day. Shortly, I’ll be turning 37.
"We burn as many calories as hunter-gatherers, so what makes us fat?"
I went through this article several times and I'm still having a hard time accepting the results. The methodology seems to be solid but I don't see how it can be true that someone sitting in a chair all day is burning up calories at the same rate as someone who is tracking and hunting from morning to night. Since none of the tribe members were described as fat, indeed their average weight is 130 lbs, I am left to believe Western obesity is caused by the processed food we eat.
This will not deter me from exercising. Perhaps there are more variables than the researchers accounted for.
The eight time olympic medallist link is incorrect
"We burn as many calories as hunter-gatherers, so what makes us fat?"
I went through this article several times and I'm still having a hard time accepting the results. The methodology seems to be solid but I don't see how it can be true that someone sitting in a chair all day is burning up calories at the same rate as someone who is tracking and hunting from morning to night. Since none of the tribe members were described as fat, indeed their average weight is 130 lbs, I am left to believe Western obesity is caused by the processed food we eat.
This will not deter me from exercising. Perhaps there are more variables than the researchers accounted for.