I hadn’t realized just how bad the pollution was in Beijing. Having been there once, it was fairly unremarkable to me (L.A. but slightly worse), but I remember my sister saying that we got lucky because it rained every morning we were there and that cleans up the air and the city.
Looks like a performance at NYU (where she was a student for a few years). She really can sing (though she has a few misses playing the piano). There’s talent there, covered these days in a blond wig/hairdo and heavy makeup. Do your best to ignore the goofy MC, if you can.
Goose, gander? Pot, Kettle? Ah, the metaphors abound…
the only thing to add is that it’s sad, truly disappointing that we cannot distinguish ourselves from the actions of a Communist oligarchy that tortures in their prisons and spies on it’s own citizens and tourists.
Pretty funny little event. With ESPN picking up NASCAR next year, I’ve started working on my NASCAR education today.
For professional athletes, success is measurable and definite. When you or I ask whether we’re successful, we have to first define what makes us successful. Athletes know. Not only do they know, their goals are definite, clearly marked, and measurable by all of us. For Michelle Kwan and other Olympians, that goal is Olympic gold. Sadly, she’s probably never going to reach it.
Kwan will have to learn to live without achieving her life’s goal, something she has worked hard her whole life for. I can’t really imagine what that feels like. Most of us get to look back and realize a dream has ended. Athletes get to see it happen, see the scores, and then talk about it with the world.




