I have several posts brewing in my mind this week, and was up early this morning with time to work on them, but then I put on some Winter Olympics while drinking my hot fizzie (Nuun, Electrolyte Drink tabs dissolved in boiling water)...
Now, I'm not much of a sports person, with the exception of playoff major league baseball, whenever my "home" team, the Kansas City Royals, is competing. However, I'm a sucker (as in "sucked in") for Olympic sports, specifically "winter" Olympic sports. There is something comforting and cozy about watching these events snuggled under a blanket while being stuck inside because of the intense cold weather (the real feel is -1 right now). Or perhaps, it's because traditionally, you are at home when the games are on, versus the summer games, when you could be traveling or doing something outside yourself. So, it's partially nostalgia and the opportunity to watch with family. Whatever the reason, I'm drawn to all the interesting alpine and sled events, not so much the figure skating (and definitely NOT the hockey - Sorry Canadians). Maybe I'm also influenced by all those epic ski chases in Bond movies?
And it's always better to watch the events LIVE, which you can do for $11/month on Peacock Premium right now. $11 for 16 days of content is a good deal, especially if you can bypass the overly packaged, highly USA-biased, summary evening coverage. I certainly want the US Team to do well, but you shouldn't ignore the other athletes. And it's more exciting when the events unfold in real time.
Man, I thought this would be a quick post, but I'm battling Grammarly (which isn't even enabled), trying to avoid all the underline colors that it's warning me about in my sentence compositions! The orange ones are the worst, because they're not technically wrong, just not what Grammarly's AI would do, I guess. I'm writing this you 'bot, not you!! (Sadly, it still is influencing me somewhat...)
Anyway, I wanted to share a link to an old post related to a previous Winter Olympics (again from 16 years ago). You can find it here.
See you sooner than you may think...possibly.
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