Yesterday and today

Women's basketball - yesterday and today.






The USA Women's Basketball team won the gold medal in the Olympics this morning - defeating the Australian team. And tomorrow the Summer Olympics will be over for another four years. I guess we can handle it. The games have, IMHO, turned into more of a spectacle than a sporting event. But, taken as entertainment, it certainly has filled that bill. As usual, my complaint would be that NBC spent WAY too much time talking about the participants' personal lives, and not nearly enough time covering the contests.

John's main complaint - and I don't entirely disagree - is that no event should be allowed as a "sport" unless the winner is determined by time elapsed or distance covered or weight lifted - something measurable. The winners of juried events are chosen subjectively, and may be lovely to watch and awesome to imagine, but are questionable as "sports". I'm open for comments, of course.

Kate and her friends had a great time at their workshop. They were tired and excited - as is usually the case with workshops. One of their friends who had moved to Dalton drove up to visit and have dinner with it. They took us out to dinner and we had a wonderful time. It's really been a treat having them here. They'll head home tomorrow directly from the workshop site.