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From the homage to corrugated iron in the opening ceremony to the risible outfits the volunteers wore, these have been the Goofy Games. And once you add humor to the potent cocktail of international competition, drug scandals and rhythmic gymnastics, you cannot take...
...Green World, the fourth and latest album from folk singer Dar Williams, is a beautiful chronicle of self-realization, full of revelations and confidences. The simple rhythmic accompaniment, returning to a more folksy sound after her last effort "End of the Summer," showcases Williams' earnest vocals and beautiful lyrics...
...Optimistic" oscillates between hope and despair within an unwavering rhythmic framework, the lyrics "You can try the best you can/The best you can is good enough/" counterbalanced by "This one's optimistic/This one went to market/This one just came out of the swamp/This one drops a payload/Fodder for the animals/Living on Animal Farm" and rounded off by an unexpected jazzy cadence which leads into the next song, "In Limbo," without warning...
...stuff like trampolining has to go. Triathlon can stay. There are too many gymnastics events and too many swim races. I did figure out how to fix a couple of things. In gymnastics you have to be at least 15 years old, right? So let's make that ridiculous rhythmic gymnastics for kids under 10! Wouldn't that be nice, little kids with those ribbons and hoops? Caroline could enter. And the 20-kilometer walk: Make it .2k for kids under three. That would be cute...
...with a zillion dollars behind it can be vastly entertaining; 2), this must be the weirdest parade to invade a stadium since Nero; and 3), the Aussies are in on the joke. Sure they are. I've never met a people who so love to laugh - at us, at rhythmic gymnastics, at themselves. But for all the splash and dash of Closing Ceremonies, I come away remembering Cathy...