A lot has happened since blogging last week about the lack of media attention regarding the US Figure Skating Championships. Some cool opportunities cropped up for me (details to be revealed later!), Kimmie Meissner and Emily Hughes both withdrew due to injury, and the media finally sat up and paid attention when Alissa Czisny rose to . . . → Read More: Live Blogging the US Figure Skating Championships

As if I need another reason to adore Michelle Kwan… the Los Angeles Times covers Michelle’s recent visit and skating session with Leah Smith, a pediatric heart transplant survivor who has idolized Kwan for a decade.

At the end of the article Michelle keeps alive talk of her possible run for the 2010 Olympics. I’m not holding . . . → Read More: Kwan Grants A Wish

The US Figure Skating Championships start this weekend and I find myself utterly depressed. I’ve written before on the currently flat nature of women’s figure skating and this event has zero buzz. Short of USFSA’s post about ice dancers Belbin & Agosto withdrawing due to injury, and a couple of Ohio-based blogs that have announced the . . . → Read More: No Skating Buzz, In Boston or Beyond

These days I want, need, and have to have silly comedy to counterbalance my stressful days, and it’s still tragic to me that Arrested Development never got the popular traction it deserved. But there’s now talk of a movie and according to E! Online Michael Cera still has not signed. I hope there’s a good reason . . . → Read More: Sign, Michael, Sign!

Unless you completely avoid headlines, you likely know by now that the death of Jett Travolta was ruled as due to a seizure. I am immensely sad for the Travolta family, and also can’t help but think about my friend Andy, who died from a seizure-related accident when we were swimming together.

I grew up in a . . . → Read More: Remember the Joy