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By slhilbert on
8/24/2008 8:54 PM
As I write the closing ceremony is being shown by NBC right now. Thanks to a little magic by Orb.com I am recording it and will watch it tomorrow without the commericals and without needed to stay up until the wee hours of the morning.
This was a gerat olympics, one of the best in recent memories for me. On far too many nights I found myself up way too late watching the coverage. With such atheletes as Michael Phelps and Bolt, there was plenty to watch and enjoy.
The surprise of this Olympics was how much I enjoyed all of the volleyball events. What came as no surprise is that I still don't like watching Olympic basketball.
I thought handball and field hockey were going to be really fun to watch, but in the end they just were a bit bland for me.
BMX and Mountain Biking definitly caught my attention this year as sports that seemed pretty dang cool and challenging. Archery is another that looks like it could be sort of fun to watch.
With the coverage at NbcOlympics.com this...
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By slhilbert on
8/13/2008 8:48 PM
Do you remember Bode Miller? Yeah, I didn't think so. He was loud mouth, cocky and just an all around a-hole. He was suppose to win all of these Gold Medals in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Tornino. Well, he not only didn't win any gold medals, he plain didn't win any medals at all. Though he did ski down one of his runs on one ski for most of the run, which was interesting to watch.
Well Michael Phelps is the exact opposite of Bode. He is quiet, not cocky and humble.
Congrats to Phelps on his record breaking swim last night. Whether he wins 8 Golds or not, he is surely a name that our generation will never forget. He is the Carl Lewis of the 8-12 year olds.
I love the Olympics!
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By slhilbert on
8/11/2008 9:18 PM
I am a huge fan of the Olympics and this is probably one of the best races I have ever seen.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0811_HD_SWB_HL_L0194
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By slhilbert on
8/11/2008 9:11 PM
I was walking this evening with Annie when two dogs started barking at us. The dogs were behind a fence and never even came within 10 feet of the fence.
Annie, immediately walked about 10 feet away from the fence the other direction, and then said to me, "I don't like that:".
This prompted me to ask her if she has ever been attacked by a dog. She answered yes.
Then I asked her how many times she had been attacked by a dog in the last ten years. She responded with, "twice".
I was suprised to hear this and said, "how were you attacked?".
Annie responded, "Emotionally".
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By slhilbert on
8/7/2008 8:27 AM
Thank you everyone for your well wishes. Annie and I are overwhelmed with the amount of you who have written with joy, advice and especially requesting certain days for the baby to be born.
I will certainly keep everyone up to date with the progress of it all. So come back often for the latest. We go to the doctor in a month so we should know much more at that time.
To answer a few questions and comments that have been posted.
1. No, this is not a German baby. You might be wondering why that questioned was asked and the answer is that we were in Germany for several weeks in June. I thought it might of been a German baby, but Annie said I was wrong and she was correct.
2. The baby is 8 weeks along.
3. We have been given due dates of somewhere between March 16 and the 18, but I am sure he/she/it will come at the right time.
We have been given lots of advice as well. Many people have said that at first you are overwhelmed but that those times are few and short and...
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By slhilbert on
8/5/2008 9:56 AM
We have started a travel blog from our trip. I have a few videos posted so far and hopefully Annie will be adding her thoughts as well. Just posted a new video over there today. Check it out at:
Link to Vacation Blog
Stuart
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