Category Archives: Personal Journal

Today was my first day with a lot of playing with J.Oliver since he returned from Brazil. He has a lot of new vocalizations, including a back-of-the-throat trill that makes him sound like a flock of parakeets. He grabbed and … Continue reading →

Leda and J.O. arrived back in town this morning. Although I might not have picked João Oliver out of a line-up based on his filled-out face, to my pleasant surprise he really hadn’t grown than much or changed his habits … Continue reading →

It is true, I think, that the new skating rules have made the programs look largely the same, with a few exceptions now and then. Lots of beautiful skating from the women as well as the men, though. Shizuka Arakawa … Continue reading →

More on snowboard cross. I do detect a strategy now: Stay the hell out of the way and be the last one standing. The announcers keep saying that “anything can happen” in snowboard cross. The top riders can end last, … Continue reading →

…spending it at the Lake Quinault Lodge.

I went to Mammoth this weekend primarily to cross country ski, but I slipped my telemark gear in the box as well, thinking maybe one day, but when the snow dumped Friday afternoon and night and then all day Sunday … Continue reading →

Watching two nights from my hotel in Bishop, CA, Friday and Saturday, home again Sunday night. I was going to say no event where nobody ever falls can really be a sport, but the Canadian ice dancing couple who fell … Continue reading →

Look how chubby! Look how he holds his head to see the book! Look how he snoozes suspended over the stinky dog!

I love curling, and I loved it before everybody started saying it was “cool.” A little before, anyway. It’s icy shuffleboard with young, attractive people. Skeleton and luge: If I had known at age ten that these were sports, I … Continue reading →

Can I just say that Zhang and Zhang – trying the throw quad salchow, her falling straight on her knees, shaking it off, and their finishing the program for a silver medal – that’s what I watch the Olympics for. … Continue reading →