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...cycle; they hit every shot, taking 12 seconds to complete the cycle. "What is so fun about this?" I think during a dark moment of the day, as I get lapped by another skier, taste blood in my mouth that is spraying up from my heaving, overtaxed lungs, and catch a ski tip on a tree, causing me to plow into the underbrush and knock my head on my gun barrel. "This is not fun... this is just dumb... stop... please." Finally, the casual clockings we keep in the time trial reveal that I only need to cut my time...
...plane landed and I get out and catch a taxi. The driver quotes an outrageous sum for the ride from the airport to my hotel. Ahhh, I'm feeling at home already. I'm in town to cover the Rock in Rio Festival, a two-weekend-long extravaganza (January 12-14, January 18-21) featuring a wide array of international acts (Beck, Sting, Papa Roach, Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears) as well as Brazilian acts (Gilberto Gil, Daniela Mercury, Carlinhos Brown, Tom Ze, Nacao Zumbi). The organizers have billed it as one of the largest concerts in history, with five...
There is another revelation from being home as well, since I got a chance to catch up on my connections to the outside world, from mindless sitcoms to the pages of the New Yorker. I was once again rudely reminded of the Harvard insularity we adopt--did you know that starting today U.S. postage is 34 cents?--but I also appreciated reading an article on modern architecture and a discussion of the new state-by-state estimates of immigrant populations released by the Census Bureau. I mention them because I took classes on related subjects in semesters past...
...Clemente (in an act that required some cojones and a lot of confidence in his teammates) tossed a home-run pass to junior guard Drew Gellert, who was streaking down the court. The pass was perfect, and Gellert blew by Big Green freshman Jordan Naihe to make the catch and the layup...
...HAPPY One sure sign that you have an instant-messaging problem is that you've gone online to buy AOL's new Mobile Communicator ($329.95, plus $19.95 a month). That's quite a lot of money to plunk down just to be able to catch your e-mail and eye your buddy list anywhere. O.K., O.K., we admit it: this device is so easy to use (and painfully addictive) that we might need to seek help soon...