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NRTI as we knew it is no more, and I don't know what will happen in the future. Technically, I'm still employed by the College, though am enjoying a paid hiatus, and working on everything I couldn't work on when I was spending 70 hours a week running the Program, like cleaning up from the tornado that hit, what, 7 years ago now? I'm also commissioned with a nearby county agency, actually answering to one of the more popular instructors, so I'm still trying to keep my hand in.

I'll continue to post information and news from grads and friends, and also want to keep current with LE news and references.

My College phone and e-mail are pretty much out of service, so I'll be setting up yet another account , so we can stay in touch.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Olympic Hiatus

I haven't posted much lately, not because nothing has been going on, but because when I haven't been hard at work moving paper from one stack to the other, I've been glued to the TV watching the Olympics.

My random observations:
A guy who wears feathers and sequins as part of his uniform isn't a real athlete unless he killed the birds and sequinosaurs himself, with his bare hands.

Bobsled girls are scary.  Any girl who wears non-slip tape on her butt is scary.

People always compare speed skates to knives, so why not just give each skater a pair of knives also?  Speeds would probably go up significantly.

Seeing a guy as talented as Bode Miller getting his act together and his head right is really cool.

I don't care what consenting adults do to each other in the privacy of a cheap hotel room, but men's double luge is just wrong.  The origin of a lot of sports is pretty plain, like biathlon and skiing, but the guy who came up with this one must have had some major sublimation issues.

Aerial skiing is falling down with style, without screaming.

I'm a lock for gold in the microwave popcorn event.