Barb - that jacket is made of awesomeness!

2) The dress, in fact, decidedly did NOT look good on her.

HA! This is amazing.

Hub recreated out first date when he proposed. It was very thoughtful, sweet and not at all sappy or overdone. It did involve proposing at a restaurant, though. He got down on one knee and was half way though his proposal someone we didn't know yelled "just say yes! the Gators are about to score".

I still think Hub is pretty amazing. When I got home today he came the car to help me with my stuff and had a glass of wine and the latest copy of "Gothic Beauty" waiting. I keep telling him, I might have to keep him around.

You're very welcome. I can (unsurprisingly) go on at great and boring length about this stuff, but I always like to be able to find reasonably understandable ways to explain it to non-fencers.

Boxing used to be based on knockouts, but Olympic-approved boxing includes padded helmets and relies more on judges awarding points, all in the interests of actually not permanently harming the athletes.

Boxing used to be based on knockouts, but Olympic-approved boxing includes padded helmets and relies more on judges awarding points, all in the interests of actually not permanently harming the athletes.

Is it mostly objective though?

Did anybody watch BMX? It seems like a race, but the results are given as points so I can't tell.

Boxing used to be based on knockouts, but Olympic-approved boxing includes padded helmets and relies more on judges awarding points, all in the interests of actually not permanently harming the athletes.

Not exactly true -- many, many boxing bouts, both pro and amateur, have always been decided on points without ever seeing a knockout, especially in the lower weight classes. And KOs are certainly possible even with headgear. But that said, headgear is a fine thing if you want to avoid brain damage.

No help on BMX, I'm afraid.

Olympic BMX scoring is... kinda complicated, but it's based on the fact in regular BMX, riders accumulate points over many races, and your point total determines your competition level.

I think.

I think this needs to be an Olympic event.

I have a choice between the DNC and the Toughest Jobs or something that has already made me nearly hurl.

Guess which I'm watching.

Anybody know what time Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak at Democratic Convention tonight?

BMX

This seemed to be about places in racing, I heard nothing to do with judges.

Taekwondo

There were Canadian competitors in TKD that were complaining about the judging, claiming that they had hits that weren't scored.