Some of these winter sports would be really fun to try once. Like the skeleton, or the luge, or some type of short track speed skating. I could get a kick out of seeing just how slow I am in comparison, which would give me some perspective on what these world athletes are actually capable of achieving. From behind the camera it doesn’t look all that fast, but then you see over the shoulder drone footage, or they put up the Kmph beside a racer and it’s like the light bulb goes on — finally. Oh! The speed skaters are doing 54 km per hour , that’s pretty quick. Or the Super G folks going 134 km down hill, and still cutting into their edges to get those corners. Flying 60 plus meters beyond the jumps / humps in the track. Adds a new appreciation for the skill that those static zoom view camera sweeps didn’t really offer before. Also the head down camera for hockey is pretty great. Without the Jumbotron and scoreboard you can get more dynamic camera work I suppose. Neato.
So it’s Sunday of the long weekend, which means a lengthy dog walk, and the kids are off having fun with friends while I tidy up around the house, and the dog naps in the sun.
I am now slightly more than halfway through my 900 page Dan Abnett Gaunts Ghosts omnibus, so while I only average about 50 pages a day, I am making progress on the three novels, two novellas, and one short story contained within. I’m either going to start Dungeon Crawler Carl, or The Fourth Wing, because I’m still not sold on trying Mistborn for a third time, and the Mark Carney Value(s) book feels a bit “Mathy” to me. I’ll really need to get in the mood to dig deep into that book. But fear not, I have at least two Dune books to read, and an Aliens Omnibus with two novels contained within it. I have several other books on my shelf I could try too, should I actually get through the twelve books in twelve months challenge I set for myself each year. I know James S A Corey have a new book due out in April, so I keep an eye on my reading interest, if it begins to wane, I’ll order a new book, or scour the shelves to find one I’ve missed, to gauge interest. If I try a book three or more times and it doesn’t click, time to be rid of said book.
This Canada France hockey game is going well for Canada so far. Fun watch!
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