Did Michael Phelps get a gold medal for a race he lost? - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine. Technically, the question of who touched first doesn't matter. FINA and the Olympics honchos agreed beforehand to use the touch pads; the touch pads require pressure; all swimmers and their coaches should know this. But that technical argument leaves two ugly, unresolved problems. One is that FINA, the timekeeper, the referee, and the media keep telling us, falsely, that Phelps "touched," "arrived," and "got his hand on the wall" first. "In our sport, it's who touches first," Marculescu told the AP on Saturday. Bull. It's not who touches first. It's who triggers the sensor first. Did he get to the ...
i took a blueberry scone with me to work this morning. We bought them on Saturday night at Trader Joe's. The first few bites i dipped into my coffee, which was good - they're a bit on the dry side. Then i tried one straight, and noticed it was slightly tart & bitter. It took me another two bites to place what the taste was... mold. Which reminds me of a quick story. When I was a young'n, I remember waking up early one weekend morning and scrounging around in the pantry for something to eat before my parents woke up. I found a tray of leftover blueberry coffee cake. I cut myself a big ol' slice with the most blueberries and ...