Date: 2010-02-24
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Miles today: 0.0

I¢ve recently been reviewing the 101 things on my ¢bucket list¢, striking some that are no longer of interest, and adding a few new ones. In fact, I'm adding a whole new category: event-type things I want to witness first hand. In line with my renewed interest in auto racing, for example, I¢ve included some NASCAR races, beginning with the Daytona 500. Given my interest in football, I¢ve included a Super-bowl game, of course, and also an NCAA March-Madness basketball tournament. (During my ¢05 hike I remember leaving Hiawassee with both my under-grad school (Ohio State) and my grad school (Duke) in the final four. This year, Duke is ranked #5 nationally at the moment, and Ohio State is #8, so that¢s not too bad!)   I¢m thinking the Kentucky Derby would also be interesting, at least once, and maybe a World Series game ¢ though I¢m not that big a fan of baseball these days. There¢s just been too much drug use, which ¢ to me ¢ suggests that the records, or even the wins and losses, are all kinda phony/baloney, if you know what I mean.   I¢m not sure about the Masters Golf Tournament. I¢ve never really been into golf, but I think some of the courses are absolutely gorgeous, and I¢m always impressed by how some of the players manage to keep their cool and win, while others just seem to fold under pressure. I might have been more interested in seeing Tiger Woods play, but he¢s sort of pissed me off recently, too, so I¢ve got mixed emotions on the Masters thing. Don¢t get me started on Tiger, and on sex as a disease that has to be treated by therapy, PLEASE!!! (Ok, maybe that will be a future journal entry, but it¢s not for today¢¦)And then, of course, there are the Olympics. I have sort of had mixed emotions about the Games recently, having been confronted by the cold hard realities about my prospects of ever becoming a participant. All that may have changed, however, based on a news item that caught my eye over lunch today.   (Not my participation in the games ¢ but my mixed emotions about attending them!)   We have this TV in our cafeteria that¢s on during the lunch period, and as I was passing by I saw that the Olympics were being discussed, so I stopped to watch. And guess what? Someone has just filed a petition with the International Olympics Committee to allow ¢pole dancing¢ as an official sport. I¢m serious ¢ it was on MSNBC, so it has to be true. It didn¢t say specifically, but I sort of assume they¢re talking about the Summer Games, ¢cause those poles could cause some real problems if they were, like, outside in the middle of winter!   If the IOC is smart, they¢ll jump on this opportunity. I mean, come on ¢ even the Russian judges would want to get in on that act, right? Think what it would do for sponsorships and for T.V. ratings! And before any of my polite/uptight readers get too upset, let me just remind you that the original games involved Greek athletes who were basically naked when they participated in the games. So, in fact, we¢d just be coming full circle, right? I¢ve penciled the Olympics in on my ¢Bucket List¢ for now, and I¢ll be following the news as close as I can over the coming months. If we get the right decision, I¢ll ink them in. Hmmm. I wonder how they'd select the judges for a thing like that....