I’m so glad Shawn Johnson finally won a gold medal. What a drag it would have been to get so close – do so well – and only come away with silver.

… of course, I only learned who she was two days ago.

I haven’t been paying much attention to the Olympics. I know who Michael Phelps is and I know it’s in China and you’re not allowed to bring in cartons of bibles. But that’s about it. Even when I thought about watching, I don’t have “premium” channels so it was hard to find a consistent station for the Games. I watched one of the 100 meter men’s races. I saw part of the women’s Shot-put competition. I DID see Korea kick China’s butt in Handball. I have seen Handball a few times since I’ve been out here. Cool sport, if you haven’t seen it. A perfect mixture of soccer, basketball and fifth grade recess. Honest – this sport was created in a place where it rained all the time and the kids couldn’t go out to play. One day they took over the gymnasium- and the rest is history! But – oddly – most of the Olympics TV out here was in Arabic and without all the heartwarming blather, it was hard to get involved.

But this isn’t new. I haven’t been a big Olympic groupie for some time. I like the Winter Olympics more. Mostly for the figure skating… AND the Luge! I was probably spoiled. The first Olympics I remember watching was Munich – and you can’t beat that one for drama and pathos.

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