Saturday, February 11, 2006

Upped my Comcast TV feed today


I needed to get CNBC and USA so that I can watch the Olympics around the clock if I feel like it. Of course I hated to do it for the cost but I got some intro offer that I will cancel right after the games are finished. The benefits will out weight the cost. For example if I was at home this morning at 7 am I could have watched the 20k Men's Biathalon on the USA channel. USA network and CNBC will be broadcasting a lot of the more obscure sports and events whereas NBC will be doing a lot of the usual shitty quality programs about US athletes when they stubbed there toe at fifteen and had to miss a race or when they got the sniffles at 12 and it really made them feel icky and they didn't win first place at a nominal garden variety event. My Favorite channel for coverage is of course the CBC the canadian broadcasting corp. It is found on 99 in Seattle. Their coverage is lightyears beyond the junk on NBC.

Also Shawn will get to watch some Food Channel for a bit.

GPS Location in MT

Seattle to HelenaIf anyone wanted to find us today you can use this Lat and Long to pin point the deck of Ben's GM-Barb and GP-Tom's house on the hill overlooking Montana City. This location was taken with Streets and Trips 2006 GPS

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Hot Head Skaters at the games of Turin


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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.
Tomorrow night is the opening of the Turin games. This will be Ben's first Olympics and I will force him to watch it from start to finish, every event. I dream of him being the first North American athlete to win the gold in the Biathlon.
Another highlight of tomorrow night will be the speed skaters with five foot red flames coming off their helmets in the opening ceremonies. It is must see TV starting at 8 PST on NBC.
Salt Lake City - Men's 4x7.5km - Raphael Poiree- (Getty Images)
Hopefully Ben will have the rings on his chest, skis on his feet and a 22LR pointed down range while being 30 sec ahead of the competition.