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Posts from August 2008

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22 August 2008 @ 1am

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Protolympic Sports: The Conclusion

Rounding things off as I wait until 3:30 to watch Olympic canoeing: Racquetball: I kind of object to the spelling of the ‘racquet’ part of ‘racquetball’ so I am against this sport gaining any kind of notoriety. Did you know that this dictionary I am looking at as I write this recognizes ‘racquet’ and ‘racket’ [...]


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20 August 2008 @ 9pm

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More Protolympic Sports

Let’s keep this train rolling from yesterday: Golf: Golf was last played at the Olympics in 1904. I can’t even begin to speculate as to why it was eliminated as an event way back then, as 1904 was a crazy time what with them not even having air travel and women’s suffrage. Still, though, I [...]


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20 August 2008 @ 12am

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Lazy Tuesday: Reviewing the protolympic sports

I was so lazy today I’ve almost scared myself. Just beyond lazy. I haven’t been this lazy since university, and back then it made more sense. If I were to divide today’s activities into categories, the categories would be “sleep activities” and “miscellaneous.” That is unfortunate. It has left me with a lot of opportunity [...]


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