This year’s Olympics have caused much tinking in my knitting.  Too much going on to list all my favorites, but definitely the most exciting has been Michael Phelps’ phenomenal swimming, beating one competitor by 1/100 of a second.    No, that’s not a typo- the electronic sensor confirmed that he touched the wall one one-hundredth of a second before the dude who appeared to have won.  Phelps has won 8 gold medals, beating Mark Spitz’ record of winning 7 gold medals in a single Olympic year.      

Phelps is so popular now that when I typed his name to search for a photo for this post, one of the choices was a search for  ”Michael Phelps Girlfriend.”For those of you who are interested, no he doesn’t have one.   I’m sure he already has lots of offers by now.   Judging from interviews he seems to be a pretty humble guy, hopefully he will stay that way.

Then there’s Dara Torres the 41 year old swimmer.  I can’t decide whether to be proud of her for her accomplishments or angry with her for making me feel like I should get up off my fat 40something butt and exercise.  Maybe I can rationalize that she’s an anomaly.  Yea, that’s it!