Ok, I know we live in the Eastern time zone and that we don't have cable or satellite like rich folk, but I'm getting really tired of seeing, every night, in order, Synchronized Diving, Swimming, then Beach Volleyball, and if I'm lucky, I can stay awake long enough to watch American gymnasts standing around, looking anxious and chalking up while other out-of-focus gymnasts whip and flip around in the background. I realize this is what I get for free, but do I have to sit through a whole HOUR of the same two gangly women playing one game of volleyball when they're not searching for a lost ring? (No, and I don't. I mute it and leave the room.)
- Hence
- “Our play is called amateurish; and we proudly wear the name of amateur, for amateur is but the French word for lovers...the good painter loves his skill. It is the bad painter who loves his art." G. K. Chesterton
