Do we really need a study to tell us that richer countries win more Olympic medals? My mom will tell you that such a study is a waste of resources because the answer will obviously be, “Of course richer countries win more Olympic medals.”
Now, the good folks at the Lingnan University in Hongkong obviously disagree with my mom (re: the usefulness of such study) so they set out to do an “econometric analysis of the Olympic Games“. They whipped out their calculators, pored over Olympic medal records, examined the different countries’ material wealth, did their statistical analysis thing, and came up with the following conclusion: Continue reading →
Are people complaining about Beijing’s pollution just a bunch of wimps? Or do they have a valid concern?
Because I live in a polluted city, I initially labeled them as wimpy whiners. So I was like, “Silly people. I eat pollution for breakfast. If you want to live in a pollution free world then let’s all walk/run/bike to work. Besides, how convenient for Westerners to be complaining about Beijing’s pollution when they benefit from it through cheaper goods. Silly, silly, nose up in the air , hypocritical, energy-guzzling people.”
Australia predicts that it’s medal haul in swimming during the Beijing Olympics will not be as good as its previous results. The problem? Seems like the guys (but not the gals) have not been delivering in recent international events.
Now that the International Olympic Committee has given permission to Olympic athletes to blog about the Games, who would you like to read?
For us it would be Dmitry Tursunov. He’s one entertaining blogger who knows how to dish out on his fellow athletes. Too bad he’s not been updating his ATP site. We’d like to read Roger Federer too, if ever he blogs, but we’d rather see him win a gold medal because he’s not been winning anything lately.
We give points to Bjork for uttering the “T” word during her concert in Shanghai.
She’s got balls, we tell you. Sure, maybe she’s in it for the publicity but we gotta give her props; after all, the controversy she generated is not entirely risk-free. Who knows what the Chinese authorities could have done to her for her “insolence”.
