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Anyone else think the Olympic judges are scoring the US women’s gymnastics lower than China? I’m not a seasoned gymnastics viewer, only when Olympics are on. Yet it seems China’s mistakes are far worse than US but China still scores higher.

Is this a conspiracy?

“Freely you have received, freely give.”

This weekend I head to Austin to help a friend move. I feel bad, one of my best friends moved many times already and due to my busy schedule I wasn’t able to help until this time. Grant it there are many other friends to ask, but best friends are on a level regular friends don’t share. Those around me know I’m usually one phone call away when they’re in need. I enjoy helping others. I feel like it’s a great blessing to have; far greater than any of my other gifts. However the downfall is that due to schedule conflicts sometimes I’m unavailable.

I’ve been in Olympics viewing position every night this week.

What’s Olympic viewing position?

Laptop in front of the TV watching every event on the night broadcast.

Go USA!

It’s Olympic time again. I’ve always enjoyed watching the Summer Olympics. During this time I spend every night in front of the TV watching whatever’s on. I’m always amazed by the vast amount of sports out there. I don’t think I’ve ever counted the number of events swimming and track and field has. Whatever it is, it’s too many to count. More than watching the competition itself I like the stories NBC has of the athletes. It takes great sacrifice to compete at such a high level. Say for instance tonight’s story was on Michael Phelps. Since Athens he’s spent the last 4 years every day swimming 5 hours a day to be at the level he’s at. So his schedule for the last 4 years has been sleep, swim, and eat. One of my favorite stories is of Rulon Garner competing in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Research it if you have time. It’s very encouraging. I don’t think I’ll get much done in the next few weeks after work. Specially if I’m glued to the TV set cheering on USA!

On a night I can’t sleep here’s a picture from last month of the 3G iPhone release in the Galleria. The line wrapped all the way to the elevators for the people who know the layout of the Houston Galleria. I’de have to say the wait wasn’t that bad compared to what I was reading on the Internet.

This also marks the first time I’ve waited in line for a gadget. I thought about waiting for a PSP and PS3 to sell on eBay, but never did it.