Friday, August 8, 2008
fun facts
- Paraguay's flag is the only one that is different on the front than the back
- Bahrain has gotten in trouble for athlete shopping - athletes that didn't make the olympic teams in their own countries shop around for other countries that have lax citizenship policies and room on their team.
- 2012 summer olympics are in London
- Zhang Yimou is a famous Chinese film director who directed the Olympic opening ceremonies (his wikipedia here)
- Indonesia has the most Chinese people outside of China.
- 100 meter dash is slated to be the fastest footrace in the world.
- Canada pays its athletes for medals they win.
- Question: were the 15,000+ performers at the opening ceremonies paid?
- the President of Gabon, a west African country, has offered it's (4) athletes a dream house and a lifetime of riches if they win a medal.
- Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro are all cities vying for the 2016 summer Olympic games
- it was 90 degrees in Beijing for the Opening ceremonies
- hilarious outfits from Hungary, Croatia, and Ukraine.
- Where is Oman?
- Where is Azerbaijan?
- Where is Vanyasa?
- 14 year old Tom Daley from Great Britain, a diver?
- where is Tuvalu? (pacific island between Hawaii and Australia)
- Hugo Chavez changed the time zone of Venezuela to 1/2 hour ahead of New York. What?
- Poland's bridesmaid dresses/opening ceremony costumes
- Where's Herzegovina? (former USSR, by Bosnia)
- poor poor Chinese cheerleaders who had to dance for 2 hours.
- I love the US outfits and Lopez Lamong
- China only has one time zone!
- Bahrain has gotten in trouble for athlete shopping - athletes that didn't make the olympic teams in their own countries shop around for other countries that have lax citizenship policies and room on their team.
- 2012 summer olympics are in London
- Zhang Yimou is a famous Chinese film director who directed the Olympic opening ceremonies (his wikipedia here)
- Indonesia has the most Chinese people outside of China.
- 100 meter dash is slated to be the fastest footrace in the world.
- Canada pays its athletes for medals they win.
- Question: were the 15,000+ performers at the opening ceremonies paid?
- the President of Gabon, a west African country, has offered it's (4) athletes a dream house and a lifetime of riches if they win a medal.
- Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro are all cities vying for the 2016 summer Olympic games
- it was 90 degrees in Beijing for the Opening ceremonies
- hilarious outfits from Hungary, Croatia, and Ukraine.
- Where is Oman?
- Where is Azerbaijan?
- Where is Vanyasa?
- 14 year old Tom Daley from Great Britain, a diver?
- where is Tuvalu? (pacific island between Hawaii and Australia)
- Hugo Chavez changed the time zone of Venezuela to 1/2 hour ahead of New York. What?
- Poland's bridesmaid dresses/opening ceremony costumes
- Where's Herzegovina? (former USSR, by Bosnia)
- poor poor Chinese cheerleaders who had to dance for 2 hours.
- I love the US outfits and Lopez Lamong
- China only has one time zone!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Greatest...reviewer...ever: Sasha Frere-Jones
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