This article brings up an interesting question for the upcoming election. More importantly, I wonder if it’s healthy that we give our country’s leader such a high-stress job. Maybe there aren’t other options. To look at the youngest and oldest presidents, click here. Apparently the average age is 55.
I stumbled on this interesting “electopedia” that contains trivia about the presumed candidates. It looks slanted, and I doubt it’s wise to fill in a personality based on out-of-context quotes, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
Olympics!
Track and Field starts today, hooray! With the time difference, we already have a day’s worth of results. In the women’s 10,000m run, Shalane Flanagan took third and Kara Goucher took 10th.
Get excited for the men’s marathon by watching footage from the Trials. Wow, Ryan Hall looks at ease when he sets a record. Two days until the women’s marathon! It’d be exciting if Deena Kastor took the gold, but I kind of hope that Paula Radcliffe will instead, especially after Athens.
Go to this page to watch the men’s 4×100m relay if you missed it. What a race. What’s more hilarious impressive is the commentator’s voice and the cheering at the end. It looks like Michael Phelps only needs two more gold medals to set a take Mark Spitz’s record for the most golds at one Olympic Game. He’s already become the winningest Olympian.
On a side note, I’m glad that the U.S. beat the French in the 4×100m relay, only because of the comments from France’s team. It’s a pity that anyone would trash talk at the Olympics. To make it there is such a feat in and of itself, it’s a shame when there isn’t more camaraderie among countries. Sure, an athlete wants to win, but to talk about “smashing” the opponents shows poor sportsmanship.