Don’t worry about this post, I’ve just been submitted my blog to some places, and they require finding codes/links on your site in order to claim your blog.
The Winter Olympics, out of all the Olympics, is definitely my favourite Olympics.
I’ve been thinking (with the help of some friends) about some sports that should be added to the Winter Olympics. This year, Ski Cross was added to the games, which is basically 4 skiers going down a course and bumping into each other. Now it’s my turn, so here are 5 sports that should (not) be in the next Winter Olympics.
1. Bobsleigh Biathalon
I’m sure you all know what the bobsleigh is, and for those who don’t know, the biathlon involves skiing, and then shooting. This event would involve bobsleigh, with targets at points in the track for the people in the back of the bobsleigh to shoot (those guys don’t do much at the moment anyway). Think of it as drive by bobsleigh.
2. Double Skeleton
Sports down a bobsleigh track have gotten steadily more dangerous. Bobsleigh, luge, double luge, skeleton (face first luge), so naturally, double skeleton is next. Two guys, on their stomachs, going 130km/h on ice. Now that’s a sport!
3. Pentaluge
So if double luge wasn’t hardcore enough, why not stack ‘em 5 high? That could be fun(ny).
4. Snowboard Cross (Where tricks get you bonus time)
4 years ago, Lindsey Jacobellis went down in the Gold Medal snowboard cross event, trying to do a trick in the air. Now if she was used to doing tricks in races, maybe she wouldn’t have gone down. But surely tricks would make the sport more fun?
5. Car Skating
On Top Gear recently, they raced a car against a speed skater on an ice rink. Wouldn’t it be great to see two cars race each other on ice? Maybe even a whole grid of 20 cars. That would be pretty fun…
Well that’s it for me, what about you? Do you have any sports that should be added to the best Olympics?
This is something you may see next to my name around the web
So this is my blog, and this is a summary of what has been happening here over the past week or so. Had an intense amount of hits from reddit, and a heap of comments (Thanks for all those who have been commenting! You guys are my favourites!)
I am a Christian studying to be a primary school teacher. Once I am done with studying, I am hoping to get a job as a teacher, and so I want to think through the decisions when deciding where to teach. Specifically with reference to either a public school or a private school.
Over the past months, I have been writing a series of posts thinking through these issues, and for convenience, I am going to have them all archived on this page, and each time I write a new one, I will add it to this list. I will also add drafts that I am planning to write.
All of these posts are from a Christian point of view in deciding to teach in either a public or private primary school in NSW, Australia.
At some stage, I am also planning on putting these into a resource for those who are going through a similar decision making process, if you would like to be involved in proofing this type of a document, please let me know.
This Wednesday, 24/2/2010. I’m going to co-host a 1 hour radio program entitled “EU: A Snapshot of Uni Life”.
The show will be on at 4pm, broadcast from SURG at Sydney Uni.
The show is part of the Sydney Uni Evangelical Union’s (SUEU) O-Week program and will be highlighting some of the activities that the SUEU runs.
I’m looking forward to it. I’m sure it’ll be a ton of fun, and I’ll be hosting with the one and only Mike Roberts. Fun times are sure to follow, and it’ll be broadcast around the campus as part of o-week fun times
So if you are around Sydney Uni on Wednesday between 4pm and 5pm, tune in to SURG 90.9 FM and listen to “EU: A Snapshot of Uni Life”.
You may have heard that Mary MacKillop has been officially approved for canonisation as a Roman Catholic Saint.
In order to become recognised as a Roman Catholic Saint, one must have been proved to have fulfilled a number of requirements (See wikipedia page on Canonization). These include being known to be in heaven, and having a miracle (or two) attributed to your name amongst other things.
This process makes no sense to me.
In the Bible, throughout the new testament, the term “saint” is used to refer to any person who believes in Jesus. In Ephesians 1:1, Paul introduces himself and greets those who are believers of Jesus by using the term “saints”.
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus,the faithful in Christ Jesus”
I have never understood why certain people are elevated above other Christians because of acts that they have done. The only way that salvation can be attained is through faith in Jesus Christ.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Its plain to see that I would loose at a spelling competition because I am not better then anyone else. Wierd huh?
