Friday Random Thoughts

Swamped at work (jeez you go away to Africa for a week and suddenly your desk looks like Kanasas after the tornado hit) - but wanted to thank everyone for their kind thoughts yesterday. I do hope that at 29, my life isn't over, that God has greater plan for me. As we say in Islam, InshAllah.

I was hooked last night on women's figure skating - it was so good. I am proud of Sasha Cohen coming back and taking silver, that is not something to be sniffed at (and I'm tired of all the tv commentators making it out like she lost - jeez ask the girl who came in 20th what she thinks about the silver and you'd get a different story, what is our American obsession with the gold, when did silver and bronze become, "not good enough." Ridiculious!). oh and also, Dick Button is a mean sucker with his commentary, mincing no words, but I have to say, I agree with a lot of his assesments (ie that girl who was skating in her fourth Olympics, from Ukraine, what is the point if you don't improve your skating, to keep coming back?).

Now that all the figure skating competition at the Olympics is over, let us go back and look at my predictions before the games started here. Dangnabbit if I didn't call exactly the men and dance competition! With the women, I got the top three just not in the right order and pairs, I was only off by one. I think that calls for Virginia Gal pat on the back - I am a figure skating fan hear me roar!