OFFSEASON NONSENSE: THE AMATEUR.

THAT was phenomenal. Thanks O. It’s like the first time I went to play hockey (and, yes, I’m from Alabama, and had never skated a day in my life…not even in the Eastdale Mall), on an outdoor “rink” on a South Dakota Indian Reservation…sublime, addictive, painful as all hell, and a great way to stay warm.

Captain O!! – the CurlMeister!!!

Nicely done.

I can’t wait for the Icers to play against Memphis in the Crunk Wars.

Good article Orson, but I always thought of Curling as Scottish Bocce rather than Tetris.

Do you liken it to Tetris because of the importance of the sweapers (i.e. preping the rock for landing)?

It’s more a matter of the random shapes the stones make as they’re thrown. So much of where you throw it has to do with sequence, blocking, and strategy.

Is there a giant halloween party held every year that the loft in that picture?

Whats’ next, hockey? Seriously, you need to put this guy on retainer as an EDSBS media consultant. For the 2010 Nanook season…Polar bears in F-16’s firing Maverick missiles at MSU, tOSU and ND.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Xt2yHCgwI

Get Used to It Dept:

Hey Swindle: Get used to sweeping…after Junior or Junioress arrives, you will be doing a lot more of this sweeping work around the house.

I thought that was Dwight Schrute in the warehouse with some Canadian guy for a second.

Glad to see The Amateur back on the menu.

By the way, what ever happened to the 2nd installment of your Parkour adventure. You sort of left us hanging after the first episode.

Deleted from the article? Doug’s entire team dancing out onto the ice after their first score. And Orson assuring some promising young bluechip sweeper that he recruited that Gillett kid just to keep score and pass out the beer.

The football, I miss it.

Gelding Dept:

Hey Swindle – Part 2 – > Ok. Next buy a minivan and then you will become invisible to any woman under the age of 25! Ha!!! Haaaaaaaa!!!!! (Just kidding, of course)

Raider Red and I knew we liked you, but this just adds to our admiration. We love watching curling, as it is the only sport I can think of that allows us to continue to nurture Olympic dreams (except for maybe archery).

And this year we’re not just watching on TV. We have tickets to several sessions of Olympic curling in Vancouver next month (plus speedskating and luge - any chance you’ll try out one of those?)

Good to see you giving Curling some much needed publicity…it is, afterall, the definitive sport of it’s genre…

@9: My first thought was that Swindle was having a tough time sending Non back to the Phantom Zone.

The sounds from a curling game can be mistaken for a porno due to the skip screaming instructions along the lines of “Haaaarrrddder. Hurrrrry, Hurrrry Harrrrrrd”

I don’t remember which country they curled for, but some of the female olympic curlers in 2006 were really good looking.

Kecalf-

A friend of mine had a 2008 wall calendar featuring British female curlers in the buff. It was shocking to see such good-looking women that were 1) British and 2) Olympic athletes. Sadly, calendars were not made for 2009 or 2010 but he still keeps that one up. I think he may even continue to change it every month, just for variety’s sake.

Re #12: This is not wholly accurate. If you keep the minivan long enough, you find that teenage girls do start looking your way as you park the car . . . and then you realize they’re checking out your son as he exits the passenger seat.