Not-so-new Olympic sport: Ranting about broadcasting Watching NBC last night, a few things are now clear: There were only two events happening in Greece yesterday, girls gymnastics and swimming. The only people competing were Americans, Australians, and some former gymnastic dynasties. Nobody else matters, and we at NBC are doing you a favor by even […]
Yahoo! News – China Quake Cracks Reservoirs, 47,000 People in Danger : “The quake, measuring 5.6 on the open-ended Richter scale, rocked the county of Ludian in Yunnan province Tuesday, collapsing more than 18,000 houses and damaging 45,000 others. Relief workers were rushing tents, medicine and food to the disaster area, Xinhua said.” Meanwhile over […]
This news came across CNN and my son, who normally can sleep through anything, jumped up and started running around the house yelling “YAY, the statue is open again!” Maybe I need to think about that NYC vacation, after all… VOANews.com