olympics-books-olympics -- it's like a sammich... oooo... sammich... i am hungry.

olympic women's beach volleyball. u-s-a team had 14 errors in the match that would have put them into the medal round. you really cannot expect to win with that level of errors, and they did, in fact, not win.

we were not actually in hot-lanta this weekend - we were in a suburb. or, an office-urb. like, an office park & shopping mall area. there were huge, wide roads and office buildings everywhere - and no people. b/c it was the weekend - they were all at home, not at work. so, that was sort of oddish, the no-people factor. but, they kind of came out after dark and crowded up the eateries and the shopping areas. one of the shopping areas was a b&n which was two stories high and had escalators! it was just simply huge. i got 4 books for $20. not sure if that is related directly to the hugeness of the setting, but there you have it - bargains.

should i read the liberry books first? probably. hmmm... so many books to choose from!

did you see michael phelps win his 8th gold medal of these olympic games? they just now called him the greatest olympian ever, and i suppose they are basing that on medals won, but aren't there athletes who compete in sports where there aren't that many medals available? i mean, what about... say... doubles tennis? there is only one medal for women's doubles tennis. venus & serena williams won the gold. are they somehow less great as athletes because they did not win 8 medals? there is no way in their sport to win 8 medals in 1 olympics if you are a tennis player. i am not sure the quantity of medals equates to the greatness, precisely. what do you think?