Category Archives: skiing

random olympics: how not to broadcast a showcase event

I need only look at last night’s abomination of a broadcast from the National Broadcasting Corporation to see some of the worst possible chop-shop, dumbed-down sports broadcasting ever put on TV. This four-and-a-half hour long exercise in broadcast futility can be broken down thusly: The showcase event of alpine skiing, the men’s downhill, featured six …

16/02/2010 – 12:12 | By randomduck | Posted in mass media, random, skiing | Tagged , | Comments (6)

random olympics: nbc’s dumbed down games racket

For years, I’ve been critical of TV coverage of the Olympic Games by the United States media. They think that the average American is stupid. No, seriously – they do. Thee assume that, as a whole, we know nothing about sports other than baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR and hockey. They think that we’re only interested …

15/02/2010 – 16:29 | By randomduck | Posted in mass media, random, skiing | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

monday musings: cycling goals and stuff i want to do

I figure that today’s musings (actually on a Monday, no less) will be forward looking. I want to share some cycling goals for 2009, as well as some longer-term aspirations. A lot of the latter was brought on by Sarah and her impending adventures in Jordan (color me jealous). The big cycling goals for 2009 …

16/03/2009 – 16:00 | By randomduck | Posted in cycling, skiing, travel | Comments Off

a short post

Just want to assure folks that I’m still around. What’s been going on? Let’s see… I’ve been riding the bike, and my mileage for Jan-Feb 2009 is almost the same as the same period in 2008, though I’m at odds to explain why, because I don’t feel like I’ve been on the bike as much. …

15/03/2009 – 23:08 | By randomduck | Posted in cycling, random, skiing | Comments Off

welcome to 2009 – let’s catch up

So now we’re two full days into 2009, and it’s been… well, another set of days. Actually, it’s been a lot of fun – though I’ll need to backtrack to last year to really recap what’s been going on. After arriving back from New England early Wednesday morning, sprite and I got a bit of …

03/01/2009 – 00:40 | By randomduck | Posted in cycling, outdoors, random, skiing | Comments Off

aftermath of a thanks…. giving

The weekend came and went, and it was welcome. Sure, we had to deal with traffic, but with provisions like these available along our northbound route, we were good to go. Fortunately, we have driven this northbound route from DC to Connecticut enough times to know where to abandon I-95 for alternate routes that are …

01/12/2008 – 19:14 | By randomduck | Posted in random, skiing, travel | Comments Off

when in colorado, ski you must

When I was in Colorado back in January, my friend Paul mentioned that he’d be having an end-of-season party to celebrate his first year of sobriety. He said I should come out and have some fun – not a tough sell, right? So I booked my tickets back to Colorado, and had a great time …

17/04/2008 – 16:37 | By randomduck | Posted in outdoors, skiing, travel, workout | Comments Off

easter skiing in utah

I spent a lovely Easter weekend out in Utah, visiting my mom and skiing the Wasatch. It was fun to ski back in the hills where I learned the sport – and this year was especially great, as the snowfall in Utah has been record-setting this year. So I brought my new skis (Head Supershape …

25/03/2008 – 22:48 | By randomduck | Posted in outdoors, skiing, travel, utah | Comments (1)

the liberal blogs are dead to me (most of ‘em, anyway)

The liberal blogosphere has been an incredible group in its rise to power in Democratic and progressive politics. It has empowered hundreds of thousands of people to voice their opinions on political and social issues great and small, and should be commended for it. But in this 2008 cycle, blogs that used to be open …

20/02/2008 – 18:45 | By randomduck | Posted in cycling, dems, politics, random, skiing | Comments (2)

pics from the rockies

I made it back to DC with nary a fuss – though, as John Denver once mused, I guess I’d rather be in Colorado. Click on the picture to see the whole set from the mountains. Click here to see pictures from the International Snow Sculpture Competition in Breckenridge – it was amazing what the …

01/02/2008 – 10:28 | By randomduck | Posted in outdoors, skiing, travel | Comments Off