Video catchup!

While we here at Chez 10K have been distracted by the TV (for weeks, really -- first by the Olympics and then by the Democratic and Republican conventions, respectively), the creative among us have been churning out the videos. Here's a sampling:

Sunday Links

• A team of paleontologists have discovered a huge Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert. Here is a woman and two children who were found holding hands, arms outstretched toward each other, with evidence to suggest they were laid to rest on a bed of flowers (follow the link for more photos and a video about the find from National Geographic).

• American team members to watch now that the Olympic games have moved on from swimming to track & field.

• What if Karl Rove were working for the Obama campaign?

• This is just the kind of thing that long ago made me resolve to never do business with AT&T again. I found myself on more than one occasion trying to get my money back from AT&T after they over-charged me for lame or inept reasons. For them, screwing customers while hoping they're not paying attention is the #1 item in their business practices manual. And in this case, someone turned their frustration into to a bit of silliness.

• Everyone's favorite East Tennessee politician is back once again! This time, she's talking about Jesse Helms, who she says is a great American. (Of course, as much as I loves me some Griffiny Juneness, I gotta wonder what sort of crack heads are running the KNS these days!)

• Sunday roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers!

• The McCain behind the myths.

Wow!

On the night when Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of this Olympic games, let's give him his due, but not forget about some other events of the day...

To start with, it was Old Woman Day in Beijing, with 41-year-old American Dara Torres capturing two silvers in swimming and an incredible gold for 38-year-old Romanian Constantina Diță-Tomescu in the marathon.

And then there was an absolutely jaw-dropping performance from Jamaica's Usain Bolt in the men's 100 metre. Who knows how fast he would have been if he didn't slow down as he approached the ribbon?!?

The whole evening gives me chills!

I don't know if I'll be able to stay up late enough to see Rafa Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez's gold medal match (the live coverage starts at 2am eastern), but it'll be some great tennis! Perhaps it will be rerun tomorrow...

Friday Creature

I popped by Crabtree Farms this week, and caught this guy, hard at work. Lately, with all the bad news about bees, I'm always glad to see the few that are left.

Have you got the Olympics Fever yet?!? I'm pretty psyched -- I've loved watching the games since I was a kid -- but I'm going to make a quick trip out of town for a wedding before I can sink into the coverage. Have a great weekend (and go say hello to the arkettes!)!