time is going really, really, really slow.

Undeniably one of the greatest 911 calls ever.
I think hiring police officers that aren't totally ignorant and hypocritical is a good idea.
here

China

'Free Tibet' flags were discovered being made at a factory in southern China. These flags are banned in mainland China so I'm sure Chinese authorities were happy to be able to crackdown on the manufacturing of these flags especially getting so close to the Olympic Games which are in 100 days.



People will find a way to protest, don't worry.
full story here
I do wonder if we can separate politics from athletics. Are the Olympic games an event that is just about athletes competing from their respective countries and not a time to make political statements and boycotts? If countries from around the world are participating in one event, isn't this the exact type of forum a country/group could use to infuse politics with sport? I feel like it can't be helped. I mean, remember the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
Thank you to Jesse Owens putting a damper on Hitler's Olympics.
How about the 1972 Munich Games were the Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed by Palestinians?
I think the Olympics are one of the greatest events in the world and fortunately and sometimes unfortunately, they are used as a forum for political expression. We'll see what the Olympics do for China's policy regarding Tibet. Maybe nothing. I don't even know what to say about Tibet.

Who hasn't seen this guy from Indonesia? "Because of his weak immune system, warts caused by the HPV grew into tree-like growths."
Updating on his status, he got some surgery and apparently 4 pounds of the warts have been removed.
Here he is now:


pictures and information from: here and here

too slow.

I saw a commercial yesterday for a stove that boils water in 90SECONDS! I think Electrolux makes it, if that matters to any of you.
We are all so busy we can't wait for water to boil that we either will buy things like this magic stove or radiate the water in the microwave. At this point in my life, I actually like waiting for the water to boil.

itunes

i love having access to everyone's itunes via the library's wireless network. let the judging begin.

Spiked to the head.

This is Standford's Alicia Follmar during the first leg of the Distance Medley at the historic Penn Relays.  She got spiked in head by another runner's shoe during the start and managed to finish a "gutsy third" for her team.  We need more tough runners and people like her.

picture and article from here
Also, other recent running news, well old news at this point was the closest women's finish for the Boston Marathon ever. Dire Tune said, "I want to win Boston," before the race and she did. That type of determination is inspiring. After a close battle to the finish with Alevtina Biktimirova of Russian, Dire the 22 year old of Ethiopia won by 2 seconds.

pic and info from here

death.

My grandfather died a couple months ago, and I find myself thinking of death more often then ever.  Not everyday or anything but enough to make me wish I believed in something more than what is on this Earth.  

I also think of the perspectives of death.  For me it was really sad. But then I look to my father (it was his Dad who died) and that must have been REALLY bad. But then I look at my grandma (her husband) and I think, How do people live after death?  How do you move on? 

I guess we all find a way.