Worthy of Mention

So I have observed a few things these past few days, and I feel naturally compelled to mention them to you, my adoring fans.

So I was taking a drive on the way to an Ultimate Frisbee game (oh yeah, I'm an athlete) when I passed by a middle school. Outside the school there is an impressively large field with a paved track around the perimeter. As I drove by, I saw there was absolutely nobody on the field except for one individual. In a completely vacant field, there is a tiny latino toddler....doing laps on a tricycle. No words can quite capture how truly bizarre this looked.

But I actually saw something even weirder the other day.

This, to all of those who don't cruise Wikipedia as much as me, is Spiridon Louis. He won the first modern-day Summer Olympic Marathon in 1896. He was a Greek man (appropriate) wearing a dress (slightly less appropriate, probably very difficult to run in), and he was a professional 'water carrier' (whatever that means). He also has a fantastic mustache.

Sidenote: I now want to call my child Spiridon. Boy or girl. I don't care.

I was next going to put up a picture of the most recent marathon winner. I thought it would be a funny comparision, because I was fully expecting a Kenyan. Instead I got a very ugly Italian man with awkward body dimensions:

For starters, we need better portrait-takers these days. That old Greek water-carrier looks fantastic. At the very least this guy could grow a handle-bar mustache. You win the marathon with a skirt and facial hair and you will get my respect.

Sidenote: As I looked this guy's story up, I came across something interesting. In the the 2004 race, a dog apparently got loose and ran amongst the racers. The dog was "subdued by two security dogs and escorted off the track". Cool

Speaking of pets, I have one final comment for the day. As some of you may remember, during my school vacations I work at a local Animal Hospital in a position similar to a nurse. A few days ago, a woman came in with a cat. The cat's name was Pandora. The woman said she was interested in getting Pandora spayed..... I laughed for about ten minutes.

Byah!

Rob