Naebody in Particular
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: paralympics
NBC must be trying to eek every last penny out of their $4.38 billion contract with the IOC, because (for the first time ever, that i know of) they’ve decided to air bits of the paralympics this year. all the same great sports as the “other” oympics, just commentary that’s even worse.
15 Mar 14 … #sparklet is visibly upset that a girl “has” to ski down the mountain with only one leg. #Paralympics 15 Mar 14 … if there is anything more awesome that a snowboarder going down the slope with two prosthetic legs, I don’t want to know. #Paralympics 9 Mar 14 … wicked impressed by #Paralympics downhill seated monoskiers. #damn 8 Mar 14 … fwiw, a guide goes down 20 feet in front of the blind skier, and barks out instructions. #EPIC #ParalympicsVirgin (2/2) 8 Mar 14 … I’m quite literally watching “visually impaired” downhill alpine skiing. #OMG #ParalympicsVirgin 8 Mar 14 … this POV Of A Guy On Gymnastic Rings Is Better Than The Whole #Olympics, via @digg http://t.co/2WCaT4BiWw 8 Mar 14 … am I the only one who associates Russian folk music with @billyjoel? #yeah #sorry #nevermind #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … the #Olympics wouldn’t license the #Paralympics their five rings? seriously?!? #ParalympicsVirgin 8 Mar 14 … I love how Russians will applaud wildly for anybody who speaks their language without butchering it. #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … I seriously can’t imagine what is running through #Putin’s head right now. #ParalympicsWinterGames #Ukraine 8 Mar 14 … turns out the #Paralympics involves athletes w/ a range of disabilities, including mobility, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. 8 Mar 14 … #Ukraine just got a standing ovation at the #ParalympicsWinterGames. I honestly don’t know what that means. 8 Mar 14 … oy, #teamUSA for the #Paralympics still has to wear those horrible Polo christmas sweaters. #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … cynicism aside, this is actually pretty awesome. #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … sled hockey? #awesome #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … not sure how to say this, but there are more people walking during the parade of nations than I would have thought. #ParalympicsVirgin 8 Mar 14 … #fyi, the commercials aren’t any better during the #ParalympicsWinterGames. 8 Mar 14 … “In Russia, it’s not typically a part of their culture to express joyousness.” #ParalympicsWinterGames #NBCFail #commentatingexcellence 8 Mar 14 … wonder if the rings will open. #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … Putin looks a little stressed. Wonder if everything is okay at home. #ParalympicsWinterGames #Ukraine 8 Mar 14 … hmmm, making people stand for the national anthem has a different context at the #ParalympicsWinterGames. #ParalympicsVirgin 8 Mar 14 … if @NBCOlympics brought the “B” team to the #Sochi2014 closing ceremonies, who did they bring to the #Paralympics? #nottheAteam 8 Mar 14 … “Sports and politics do not mix.” #paralleluniverse #iwanttolivethere #ParalympicsWinterGames 8 Mar 14 … interesting. The talking head on the #ParalympicsWinterGames says there is tension between #Ukraine and Russia. #whoknew? 8 Mar 14 … am I the only one watching the Paralympic opening ceremony? #yeah #okay #thatsfine #bastards #ParalympicsWinterGames -
live: oscars
we’re live at the oscars, or at least on my couch in front of a really big tv that’s playing the oscars. it’s just like being there, i swear.
3 Mar 14 … oy, the poor PA’s that had to find and stage all those typewriters. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … someday I will grow up and won’t be horribly uncomfortable during acceptance speeches. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … I honestly wasn’t sure that was Idina Menzel based on how badly Travolta butchered her name. #wtf #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … interesting that they found four celebrities to clap at the end of Bette Midler’s song. #humanitarianaward #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … I’m going to punch my TV. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME BETTE MIDLER IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING. #Oscars #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … pretty sure that’s the only time you’ll ever hear a Bill Pullman line at the #Oscars. #pullmannotpaxton 3 Mar 14 … not going to snark on Pink’s performance, but want to meet whoever had the balls to select her over, well, everybody else. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … did the Academy actually pay someone to design a building that looks like Tom Cruise’s spaceship crashed into my college dorm? #oscars 3 Mar 14 … somebody explain to me why watching Ellen deliver pizza was so $&@?ing funny. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … pretty sure Ellen just broke twitter. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … yup, every nominated movie I’ve seen is in the animated category. thank you, #sparklet. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … the #olympics just weren’t the same without @SamuelLJackson. #oscars 3 Mar 14 … and, My So Called Life finally gets the recognition it deserves. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … when did navy blue tuxedos become okay? #oscars #stevemartinwouldbeproud 3 Mar 14 … Bill Murray is starting to look like one of his characters from Scrooged. #oscars 3 Mar 14 … if I was married to Julia Roberts, I wouldn’t have let her forget to wear underwear to the #oscars. 3 Mar 14 … I’ve seen exactly zero of the best picture nominees, but I promise to still be indignant when [insert trendy movie] doesn’t win. #oscars
