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The basics.
[bar] 25/9%
Watching my favorite Reality TV show.
[bar] 8/3%
Building my headquarters for the revolution.
[bar] 56/19%
Solving the Google puzzle.
[bar] 6/2%
Training for 2010.
[bar] 11/4%
Posting brilliant responses at the Monastery.
[bar] 19/7%
Enjoying friendly comradery in the Chatterbox.
[bar] 10/3%
Patching Everything2.
[bar] 6/2%
Deobfuscating code.
[bar] 13/4%
Dreaming up polls.
[bar] 3/1%
The Future.
[bar] 40/14%
Work.
[bar] 37/13%
Doing nothing.
[bar] 55/19%
289 total votes
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Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by loris (Hermit) on Feb 27, 2006 at 10:36 UTC

    ... ignoring other forms of sporting activity.

    loris


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Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Feb 27, 2006 at 13:17 UTC
    I'll keep doing what I was doing during the Olymics: following the NFL and open-wheel racing offseasons like the insane little geek I am.

    I find it interesting, though, that the Olympics, at least here in America, are largely targetted at non-traditional sports fans. Football, baseball, auto racing, basketball, and hockey fans, with rare exceptions, are ignored. But the people to whom the Olympics are supposed to appeal preferred to watch American Idol instead.

    --
    tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub)
    And remember, if he succeeds, so what.
    - Chick McGee

      ...practicing Perl code curling.
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by grinder (Bishop) on Feb 27, 2006 at 18:43 UTC

    Odd. I think I'll wait for the end of the para-olympic games before declaring them over. Sadly, they won't get anywhere near the same media coverage. Who care about a bunch of cripples running around in wheel-chairs anyway?

    Bitter, me? No, not at all.

    • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

      Who care about a bunch of cripples running around in wheel-chairs anyway?

      Well, THAT probably would make front page news... I mean, how were they cured? Where did they find a big enough wheelchair to run around in? What kind of canopy does this wheelchair have? :)
      Murderball

      Plot Outline: A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs - overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by stonecolddevin (Parson) on Feb 28, 2006 at 06:17 UTC
    totally didn't see the headquarters option...oh well. I suppose i could change my vote if i went back to the future like i voted for :-P
    meh.
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 27, 2006 at 10:39 UTC
    Wondering what the winter games athletes do for the rest of the year.

    Martin
      Are the winter games over?? only realised they were on thanks to google.

      Plato
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by kwaping (Priest) on Feb 27, 2006 at 16:27 UTC
    • playing World of Warcraft.
        Yay, Guild Wars.
      Best.
      Reply.
      Ever.

      In Soviet Russian, Perl writes you.

        It's finally gotten to me - the brainwashing is complete - I ... have ... to ...
        In Soviet Russia, closures bind you!
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by zentara (Archbishop) on Feb 27, 2006 at 12:33 UTC
    Using drugs again. :-)

    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by trammell (Priest) on Feb 28, 2006 at 05:42 UTC
    ... lamenting the inability of kids these days to spell the word "camaraderie".

      Believe it or not, I googled for the spelling here.


      Dave

Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by swampyankee (Parson) on Feb 27, 2006 at 18:39 UTC

    ...paying desultory attention to college basketball, and trying to figure out why roundy-round racers are afraid of rain

    emc

    " When in doubt, use brute force." — Ken Thompson
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Feb 27, 2006 at 17:48 UTC
    Watching the events we taped.

    Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.
      Hah! I still have one event (Ice Dancing Free Dance) to watch.

      --DrWhy

      "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."

Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by mikeock (Hermit) on Feb 28, 2006 at 15:50 UTC
    Was a toss up between work and doing nothing....
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by Andrew_Levenson (Hermit) on Mar 04, 2006 at 05:12 UTC
    Conquering Italy? Stupid tourism.
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by starbolin (Hermit) on Mar 05, 2006 at 18:44 UTC

    ...drawing inflamitory idealogical cartoons.
    ...writing Perl 6 in Fortran.
    ...XP whoring.
    ...watching reruns of CSI.


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      Writing Perl 6 in Fortran? A brave man! Even mentioning Fortran in some circles is considered either antiquarian (like writing with a quill pen) or deviant (like eating toasted weasels in a bun).

      emc

      " When in doubt, use brute force." — Ken Thompson
Re: Now that the Winter Games are over, I can get back to
by tweetiepooh (Hermit) on Mar 03, 2006 at 11:30 UTC
    Wondering how the US can have sporting events called "World <something>" when they are the only ones taking part.
      Who else is there?

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