Number 1300

This is my 1300th post on MIND JAZZ and it's the first day of the 2108 Winter Olympics, which are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In a few days millions of Americans will actually know how to pronounce Pyeongchang and millions of human beings will turn their attention to an area of the world that has been dominated by a small "son of...." north of Pyeongchang.

I'm not going to spend time discussing the leader of North Korea because I'm sure he will make his presence  felt one way or another over the next two weeks.

I'm a huge fan of Olympic competition and today, before the Opening Ceremonies, the Curling events have started.

The shallow part of me always likes to find the most beautiful female faces participating in the Olympics but maybe all the recent news involving women coming forward regarding sexual harassment and abuse will make that type of entry.......wrong.

Does this mean I should  stop even looking a beautiful women with great athletic bodies?

There seems to be a fine line that I'm no longer allowed to cross.
or
does this get back to the old expression??????
"You can look but you better not touch".....which happens to be a lyric from a song

Most likely what will occur over the next two weeks of my Olympic coverage will be the following
situations.

:  I will point out a remarkable story or two regarding someone who might not even win a medal.
:  I will post a photo or two or three or four or even more of an extremely hot female athlete.
:  I will write about the winners and I write about the losers (of which there are none because once you are an Olympic participant you forever are an Olympic participant.
:  I will point out the good reporting of events.
:  I will also remark about the silly questions that get asked.

BUT THE MAIN THING I WILL DO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

TRY TO AVOID NEWS ABOUT ANY EVENT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH ON THE DVR.

How in the world did anyone live before having a DVR?
My daughter's cell phone went down last night and she's asking the same question
about cell phones?
My take on cell phones is that they are totally addictive and withdrawal will be extremely painful.

If my DVR isn't working I just pick up a newspaper or a magazine and read about what happened.

Younger generations don't seem to know what a newspaper is....but the LA TIMES was just purchased for $500 million so there must be some value left....unless it's just a tax write-off for the billionaire Doctor who bought it.

God forbid that the whole INTERNET went down....or if some trillionaire bought it and started charging us by the nanosecond. 

I wouldn't be able to publish my 1300th article and you wouldn't be reading these words right now which would mean that you would be outside doing something physical....like participating in the 2018 Olympics.

Just stop for a sec and think about how hard all the athletes have worked to get to this moment on the world stage.  

Let's celebrate their efforts....win or lose.  And in the meantime let me be shallow and point out some beautiful female faces.

By the way....as you watch Lindsay Vonn try to win another medal do you also think about Tiger Woods?  Has your celebrity world completely blended into one odd bubble of information?
I'm trying not to think of Donald Trump as I get ready to watch the 2018 Games but I'm finding it almost impossible.  Watching the Curling doesn't work but maybe the more intense events will rid me of this ongoing nightmare.

Let the Games begin....and let the faces appear.

Michael Timothy McAlevey