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You won't find them on a shortbread tin, but our ancestors live on so long as we keep telling their stories. Scots, Yanks, Canucks and the Auld Enemy. Newest posts are the ancestors, but scroll for the living.
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live: olympics, week two
i always start falling behind in the second week. intentions to watch 21+ hours of coverage a day, however good, start to wear thin in the face of other priorities — like eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom.thank god i have two years until the winter games in Sochi to catch up.
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evancparker … um, you realize ur saying this on twitter, right? MT @MoElleithee: DAMN YOU INTERNET! Is there no place safe from Olympic spoilers?
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evancparker … could we stop referring to all female winners as “golden girls”? was anyone else watching tv in the 80s? #NotACompliment #Olympics
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evancparker … um, BMX at the #Olympics? duuuude, tooootally didn’t see that coming.
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evancparker … I’d be less irked by Usain Bolt beating his chest (over and over) if he was winning the decathlon instead of just the 100m. #Olympics
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evancparker … seriously, more horse jumping? is this an event, or a pain tolerance experiment for NBC’s three remaining viewers? #Olympics
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evancparker … had no idea Lolo Jones has “haters.” fwiw, it’s cozy here under this rock. #TeamUSA #Olympics
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evancparker … girls done good. #Gymnastics #Olympics
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evancparker RT @kbrick: Aly Raisman’s parents are as entertaining to watch as she is. #Olympics #London2012
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evancparker … gymnast kissing the vault? #Awesome. high jumpers taunting the crossbar? #Awesomer. #Olympics
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evancparker … I’m 80 mins behind but will be there soon if I skip all the parts where the commentators are being #Harpies. #Olympics
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evancparker … #TeamGB‘s Tweddle was stunning on the uneven bars. I literally gasped. #Amazing #Olympics
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evancparker … can we talk about Grenada without mentioning the 1983 invasion? does a country exist if we haven’t invaded them? don’t answer that.
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evancparker … “interesting that Gabby Douglas choose to wear silver.” #FireAlTrautwig #Olympics
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evancparker … just found out my youngest was the same exact weight as a regulation shotput when he was born. #BestWifeEver #Olympics
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evancparker … are there quality badminton racquets, or do the national teams just pick up some from Kmart like the rest of us? #Olympics
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evancparker … hammer throw is a real sport?!? I totally thought it was a Scottish drinking game. #Olympics
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evancparker … I secretly love the steeplechase, and i’m pretty sure it’s because of Robbie the Reindeer. #TeamGB #BBC #Olympics
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evancparker … i’ve officially OD’ed on beach volleyball. need to watch monk tipping, burka racing or anything on the Hallmark channel. #Olympics
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evancparker … top medal sport for #Mexico in the history of the #Olympics? Diving. #HadNoClue #BoyTheyreGood
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evancparker … just took meds with #beer because no water was within reach. bad sign? yeah, bad sign.
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evancparker … now, more than ever, the answer is clear: #FireTimDaggett // #NBCFAIL #Olympics
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evancparker … tired of these :30 cliffnote versions of track/field events. if that’s what I wanted I’d follow the #Olympics on Twitter. Oh, wait.
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evancparker … #TeamGB winning cycling medals is becoming about as exciting as watching China win diving medals. #Srsly #Again #Olympics
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evancparker … if #TeamUSA men’s BB keeps surging in the 2nd half to win, think they could just do it in the 1st half and save us the drama? #Olympics
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evancparker … un-#$%&@#-believable #NeverGiveUp #USAvCAN #Olympics
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evancparker … rolling heart-attack #DrinkingHeavily #TeamUSA #USAvCAN #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … so, is Hope Solo going to blame Brandi Chastain if #TeamUSA loses? #Likely #USAvCAN #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … is it possible for BOTH France and S Korea to lose and be knocked out? #RootingForTheRefs #FRAvKOR #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … “the more you tweet, the worse you run.” definately true in my case. #Olympics
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evancparker … how stoked would my 2 y.o. be if given a stick and told it’s okay to thwack the bejezzus out of a ball. #FieldHockey #Olympics
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evancparker … thank god the Magna Carta wasn’t decided on penalty kicks. #GBRvKOR #TeamGB #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … i always freak when i see #TeamGB/#England tied in a knockout tourney match #BadJuju http://t.co/W5IIwR61 #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … not sure I’m following this #100m as rockstar meme. don’t see that bravado from the #10000m medalists. #Olympics
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evancparker … judges should have to land the vault themselves before giving out a zero. watching them face-plant would be okay too. #Olympics
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evancparker … in 2016, I think i’ll pass on NBC’s coverage of the #Olympics, and just follow @SamuelLJackson instead.
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evancparker … NBC is so #%£?! short of events they lead off with 30 min Phelps flufferview re: his golf game? anything else happen today? #NBCFAIL
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live: three day weekend of awesomeness
i took today off from work — hypotetically because it was my flex day, mostly so sparklet and i could go for a bike ride, but secretly so that i could blow through a dozen hours of olympic coverage (relatively) undisturbed.giggedy-giggedy.
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evancparker … do you think real #Olympics athletes use frozen vegetables to ice down injuries? http://t.co/zziruPum
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evancparker … a freak foot injury and loving wife means I watched #TeamUSA women’s vball and w polo w/o interruption. #PlanningMoreInjuries #Olympics
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evancparker … is horse jumping really the best NBC can offer on a Sunday afternoon? #Doubtful #Olympics
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evancparker … synchronized swimming freaks me out. #StopSmiling #LessMakeup #Olympics
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evancparker … NBC finally gets something right (feature on #OlgaKorbut) but I can’t share the video ’cause they didn’t post it online. #NBCFAIL
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evancparker … I had completely forgotten about Derek Redmond in ’92 #Perseverance #Olympics http://t.co/megGFUU8
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evancparker … #holycrapandymurrayisgoingtowin. #Olympics #TeamGB
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evancparker … How do I get the job driving the remote control discus retrieval car at the #Olympics? http://t.co/tmWGL8mu #OMGthatisAwesome
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evancparker … jess ennis, mo farah, brad wiggins. it’s a good time to be a Brit. #AndyMurray #TeamGB #Olympics
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evancparker RT @davidconnell: Come on, Murray!! #Olympics
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evancparker … did NBC skip events 5 and 6 of the heptathlon? I watched 16+ hours of coverage today and I never saw it. #Sigh #Olympics
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evancparker … “once again, the Pryce is right.” #GROAN #100m #Olympics
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evancparker … winning one of 3 medals from Jamaica in the #100m would be progress, right? #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … the incredible shrinking long jump http://t.co/4qZZ8V3O #Olympics
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evancparker … Red Hot Chili Pipers is to Scotland as _____ is to the United States. Answer? Snookie. #NBCFAIL
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evancparker … “and the equestrian fans go wild!” wait, what?!? #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … never so happy to see an American get silver. #MoFarah #10000m #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … double amputee qualifies (easily!) in the 400. http://t.co/99EG0yx3 #MindBlown #Olympics
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evancparker … NBC airs four of the 7 heptathlon sports in just 12 minutes?!? think we’ll get more than 20 secs of the marathon? #Olympics #NBCFAIL
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evancparker … Ooo, trampoline. Double-bounce me! #sixseasonsandamovie #Olympics
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evancparker … Lithuania looked really good this morning. who saw THAT coming? I mean, who besides the ’00-’04 #TeamUSA men’s Bb teams. #Olympics
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evancparker … speaking of, do the Swiss have a rifle team or are they limited to competitive pole axe-ing? #Olympics
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evancparker … #TeamUSA and the old Eastern Block are good at shooting things — who saw that coming? #Olympics
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evancparker … Ledecky = swimming gladiator. #HolyCow #Olympics #TivoDelay
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evancparker … the #Olympics needs more people like Missy Franklin.
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evancparker … on he last lap of the 10,000 meters, Ethiopia’s Dibaba just took off like it was the pistol start of a 40. #Wow #Olympics
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evancparker … track & field begins. bummed they moved the cauldron from center of stadium. would’ve made the “field” events interesting. #Olympics
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evancparker … rapid fire pistol at the #Olympics?!? when do we get the Matrix-style two hands, two pistols event? #NotMakingThisUp
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