Tag: relay
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My Favorite Olympic Moment
Most people pick USA vs. USSR Hockey or basketball. Now, my mom wasn’t even born when Jesse Owens rubbed that whole “master race” crap in Hitler’s face in Berlin, 1936, and I wasn’t quite two years old at the time of the famous “black power” salute in Mexico City, 1968. Those were big, historical moments. …
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An Exhausting, But Damn Fine Weekend Part 1: Swimming District Championships
I don’t keep a diary or journal all that often–scrawled notes, here and there–of things I want to remember, but the majority of my life I’ve confined to the dark recesses of my increasingly lethargic memory. Occasionally, I take an exception and inflict the journaling on you, gentle readers. At the end of last week…
Old Road Apples 