I am an Olympics fan. Reluctant, unexpected, but there it is.
The beauty of the venues, the athletes, the music - not so much the commentary - is mesmerizing. What a wonderful way to let the worries of the day melt away as the competitors take to the field, track, sand, asphalt, water, whatever, and do mind and body bending things.
What grace and style. What determination and concentration. How can a mere mortal understand the dedication that comes to a two minute routine?
Contrast this spectacle to the ones to come in Denver and Minneapolis. The gaffs, the hot air, the rhetoric, the confetti and balloons...Do these folks dedicate their lives and bodies and brains to the race for the gold the same way Olympians do? Maybe if they did, we would be in better shape as a country and a world.
What new records will be broken, boundaries crossed?
I will watch, but I'm not sure I'll stay away or as engaged as I have been in the past two weeks.
Hey, maybe we should have them switch places - Olympians at conventions, politicians at the games? We wouldn't fall asleep
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