Olympic Update:
What about BRASS, NICKLE & TIN … 2/10/06

Who breaks the tape first, who has the most grace? Who is to judge? We all do. The Olympic Games are upon us and super hype is here with people and nations in quest to be the best… for Gold, Silver and Bronze

Competition, it’s what drives the world. In striving to be Number #1 we give laurels to the best and look with amazement to the fastest and the flashiest, giving lip service to second and third place.

So who is fourth, fifth, sixth or even in last place? Some of the best stories are found in people who try their best and just don’t make it. i.e. Eddie the Eagle, Great Britain’s snow ski jumper that tried his best but wasn’t up to the standards of the Flying Finns. The games have now outlawed competitors who don’t measure up to the standards. They need the time to sell TV commercials and not cover people like Eddie.

What about the hundreds of other people, the BRASS, NICKLE, TIN medal winners?

As a past track runner I saw more people’s rear ends than open spaces and didn’t mind. As the title of everyone's favorite movie, it's just got to be “ Being There” that makes the hours of practice rewarding, gag, give me the golden honey weise.... So I raise my glass to you fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers, it’s the trying that counts.

We losers have to stick together for there are a lot more of us than winners.