Aaahh, the Olympics. When a significant proportion of the planet’s population becomes interested in sports that, outside of the Olympics, it has never even heard of and certainly wouldn’t follow. When everything plays out in terms of epic and heroism/anti-heroism … Continue reading
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I love the Olympics. I’ve been watching them since Tokyo ‘64 and this year’s, like all the modern games, went through the usual Olympic emotional hoops. Elation – at winning the bid. Doubt – the following year when the estimates … Continue reading
by Ursula K. Le Guin 9.40, Friday night, July 27, 2012. Cheap, hokey, trivial, cynical, pompous, patronising, pretentious, button-pushing, celebrity-worshiping, predictable beyond belief, degrading of every poet, musician, or artist associated with it, what a great show the Olympics opening … Continue reading
Recent Olympic Games have seen host countries pouring massive amounts of money into making their games bigger, better and showier than the last. Beijing cost billions. The opening ceremony alone cost $100 million and lasted four hours. Next year it’s … Continue reading
1974 was a productive year for me (note to all students: you get far more done if you avoid going to lectures) – in between raising an army and invading the country next door (see Free Cornish Army) I invented … Continue reading