Dear the Media covering the Olympics,

Please stop covering the whiny athletes. If they didn't have anyone to complain to, they'd stop, and the gold medalists would be able to enjoy their moments. You're part of the problem, too, you know. Only those cheesy Olympic stories from now on please.
Thank you.
Lucy

Dear Russian Federation,

Please teach your athletes to not be whiners. First Plushenko, now Domnina and Shabalin. Virtue and Moir beat them. Tell your skaters to suck it up already. Let Virtue and Moir enjoy their gold. It's called sportsmanship. Domnina and Shabalin's behavior, as well as Plushenko's, doesn't fit with the Olympic spirit. Please send better representatives next time.
Sincerely,
Lucy

(PS - Again, I know this is not their Olympic performance, but again, it's not online yet.)

Dear Evegeni Plushenko,

Get over yourself. Evan Lysacek won. Whether or not you feel he actually beat you is your prerogative, but also, immaterial. He won the gold medal, you won the silver. Show a little class and let him have his moment.
Sincerely,
Lucy

(PS - I know that's not Evan's Olympic performance. It's not up anywhere yet.)

Dude, what's with Michael Phelps' head?

and neck for that matter

Why I like my chiropractor

When telling me to have a good time at spring training:
"Just remember that you have a chiropractor back home wishing he were there, smelling the leather of the gloves, and the freshly mown grass, and hearing the 'whoosh' of the ball off the bat."
Then, coming out of his dream-like state: "I know. I'm a dork."

Book Review: Man in White, by Johnny Cash

Wow. That man knew his Bible. New Testament, Old Testament, Biblical history, it was all there. For the most part it was woven seamlessly into the story. There were a few times where it felt like he was spelling out the Gospel for his readers, but if there were any Johnny Cash fans out there who didn't know the Lord, but wanted to read a novel by Johnny Cash, this was an opportunity to witness, and Johnny seized it.

The book was about the time immediately before and immediately after Paul's conversion. It's not how I picture it all happening, but considering I don't know how it went either, I'm fine with what he wrote. Johnny felt he could identify with Paul, and you could tell in reading it that the subject was close to his heart.

I wouldn't say it's the best book I've ever read, but it was good, and worth reading. Like I said in the comments of another post, I wish there had been more of the introduction, with Johnny talking about his faith. I know that wasn't the point of the book, but I liked it.

Oh, and one more good thing about it, the way Johnny so obviously delved into the Scriptures made me want to do more exploring of my own. Good stuff.

Gotta love Johnny Cash - pt. 2

more from the intro:

"Is [the book] written from the Baptist Church's angle?" one asked. "You are a Baptist, aren't you?"
"Paul was not a Baptist," I replied. "He admonished those whose doctrinal tenets focused on John the Baptist."
"Then you're a Catholic, maybe?" he asked.
"Maybe," I said, "since catholic means 'universal.'"
"But not the Roman Catholic Church?" he asked.
"No," I said. "Paul was a Jew. He was a doctor of the Law."
"Then it's written from the Jewish viewpoint, right?"
"No, mine," I said.
"But you're a Baptist."
I finally settled on a fundamental answer. "I, as a believer that Jesus of Nazareth, a Jew, the Christ of the Greeks, was the Anointed One of God (born of the seed of David, upon faith as Abraham had faith, and it was accounted to him as righteousness), am grafted onto the true vine, and am one of the heirs of God's covenant with Israel."
"What?"
"I'm a Christian," I said. "Don't put me in another box."