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the thoughts and current events in the life and times of Chris Overbeek

August 2008 - Posts

Shooting sports at the Olympics
50 M Smallbore rifle. I just watched the replay and the American, Emmons looked like he had it wrapped up. I won't say I am a marksman, but controlling your breathing and holding your mark *should* be the same across all 10 shots. Emmons completely Read More...
The Olympics are so fun...
If you haven't seen it yet (I'm not sure how you could avoid it) go over to nbcolympics.com right now and watch the world-record shattering 4x100 free relay effort from yesterday/last night. 5 teams in the event eclipsed the previous world record Read More...
Garden Visitor
This past weekend while I was grilling burgers, I noticed something in the side-yard flower gardens. Upon closer inspection, it was a very large butterfly. I grabbed the camera and got Jodi to bring the kids out to see it. We didn't mess with it, Read More...
Two more funny commercials
These are old, but great: "buzz buzz buzz Hello, Mosquito!" "aaaaaah! the Atmosphere!!! aaaaaagh!!" I loved these when they were new, and they still crack me up for some reason... Read More...