Enough already!
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ksmithLight snow falling now, but that's not the issue. The issue is the upcoming Winter Storm Watch and the 10-12 inches we could get Sunday night into Monday. Of course, there is something going on at the day job Monday morning that I absolutely cannot miss. Depending on how things fall, I may bail right afterwards. One weathergeek is saying that the bulk of the snow may not hit until Monday afternoon. Here's hoping.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
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Date: 2010-02-21 01:52 pm (UTC)There's a lot of squeeze applied to any major public face in the New Russia. But if Putin has his back, he's probably okay.