Setting a personal record for Olympic consistency: A
Odds of remaining consistent: even
Replay review in volleyball: B-
Replay review in general: C
Japan women’s volleyball team: A
Brazil women’s volleyball team: A
Sheilla Castro: A
Fidel Castro: F
People who wear t-shirts with mass-murdering communists on them: F
Mass-murdering communists: F
Mass-murdering anything: F
Kohei Uchimura’s gold medal: A
Oleg Verniaiev’s performance on parallel bars: A+
It may be the best gymnastics performance your humble editor has ever seen.
Losing by .099 points: F
Losing because of one hop: F
Losing in general: F
Loser: B
Beck: B-
Worst everyday Olympic uniform: Ukraine’s confetti vomit “Diamond Ukraine” pattern shirts.
Cut a strip out of one and that’s exactly what your humble editor’s migraine aura looks like.
Migraines: F
Oliver Sacks’ book Migraine: A
Misunderstanding canoe (single blade oar) versus kayak (double blade oar): F
Doing research: A
Not bothering to check: D-
Getting an attitude before you get a clue: F
Popole Misenga: A
Refugee Olympic Team: B
Refugee Olympic Team acronym ROT: C-
The Fugees: B
Having your sister correct your pronunciation of “Fugees”: D
Baker Mashu: A
Tachimoto Haruka: A
Men’s ping pong (table tennis) at the top level: A
Those rallies where they are several feet back from the table firing away are fun to watch.
Olympic Boxing: B
Olympic boxing removing the head gear for men: push
Removing the gloves too: A-