The 30^th Olympiad will be kicking off in London on July 27^th, and since I’m still carrying a torch for the last Olympic Games, I’m already counting down. Pumped, and then some, to witness the pomp and circumstance of the international athletic competition. I’m not as pumped as the participating athletes are of course, but I’m figuratively aflutter, excited as any spectator sport fan would be about an impending favorite event. (so, breaking a slight sweat as I break into my Cheetos bag…)

Sure, I know the Games are categorized by sport, and those sports are further broken down into nationality, time trials, equipment choice, qualification and group or individual, but in my mind the whole shooting match IS the event, and I’m hard put to target a favorite. Metaphor or no metaphor, it isn’t archery, I’ll tell you that much.

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