Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ Emerson on May 3, 2008 at 3:25 pm

While covering the news last night on FNC’s Red Eye (you are DVRing it nightly, are you not?) Fox Business Network reporter Tracy Byrnes defended cheerleading as a “sport.”
Utter nonsense.
Cheerleading, Ice Dancing, and Synchronized Swimming may all be competitive endeavours requiring athletic ability, but they aren’t sports.
Here are two simple rules of thumb by which you can tell if the activity in which you are engaged is a sport, when victory is determined by your score:

• If a score is awarded based on judges’ arbitrary opinion of the quality of your performance, it’s not a sport.
• If the score is determined solely by the completion of a specific task, it is a sport.

Discuss.

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Posted By Russ Emerson on May 2, 2008 at 12:01 am

Having recently won the Cat Friends Helping Friends raffle for a “Gizzy” quilt, I was eager to see how any or all of the cats would like it.
It arrived in the mail on Wednesday; Kismet wasted no time making himself comfortable.

I’ll try to find a sunnier spot for it. The upstairs hallway at the top of the stairs may not be quite the best place. Can you say “trip hazard?”

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Don’t miss the Friday Ark at The Modulator.
The Carnival of the Cats this week is hosted by Grace and Kittens.
And for your every day cat needs, a visit to the Cat Blogosphere is always recommended.

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