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Last crucial thoughts on the Olympics

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

GateHouse — Meandering thoughts from watching two weeks of Olympic excitement, which I have enjoyed very much, although I think I’m all set on watching diving for a few years. Diving is the perfect Olympic sport, because when it’s on during the Olympics it’s tremendously fun to watch, even though the announcers are, as I’ve [...]

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Synchronized divers are the real heroes

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , on August 18, 2008 | No Comments »

GateHouse - A few random thoughts from the Beijing Olympics, which I feel qualified to offer, as I was the actual voice behind that 7-year-old you thought was singing during the Opening Ceremonies. If you thought that was good, you should hear me nail “God Bless The U.S.A.” — I will reduce you to crocodile [...]

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Michael Phelps: Pfft

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, Page 3, tagged , , , on August 13, 2008 | No Comments »

From Island Packet staff reports, starring Tim, Other Tim and Jim
You know what, we’ve had just about had enough of Michael Phelps, who may be the best swimmer to come along since the sport was invented in 1943, but who is enjoying the kind of swoony media coverage usually only reserved for John McCain. So [...]

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The Legend Of The Foosball Hustler

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , on September 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »

 
GateHouse - I think I ran into a foosball hustler last weekend at the bar.
I can’t be sure, because I’ve never actually encountered a foosball hustler before, because I never for one moment considered the physical possibility that a foosball hustler might exist, that there might be a person in the world who plays it [...]

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