Friday evening: Snow, the Olympics and Pennsic battles

1. When I got up, there were two inches of "Spring" already on the ground, and the "Spring" kept dropping from the sky all day. This one, I did not expect. I usually do.

2. After driving through all the "Spring," the day started with a 90-minute meeting with my boss, after a 75-minute meeting yesterday. I am all scheduled and planned out through May. ;) It really got me pumped, I love having things to do.

3. If you are at all interested in Olympic boycott issues, you really oughts listen to what NPR had today. Richard Siegel interviews IOC member Anita DeFrantz (wh, like me, has a degree from Connecticut College) and former Canadian MoP David Kilgour, a human rights advocate. No matter what side you are on (or if you are just an interested observer), it's well worth the seven-minute listen. I would love to see commentary. (Really, it lays out both sides, I am not setting you up).

4. The Pennsic Battle Schedule is out and about.

Sunday

11 a.m.: Opening Ceremonies.

Afternoon: Friendship Castle Battle

Monday

9 a.m.: Archery Champions

10 a.m.: Battle of Rome (60 min resurrection) 

1 p.m.:  Rapier Field Battle 

3 p.m.: Heroic Champions (15 singles)

Tuesday

10 a.m.:  Populace Shoot Begins

11 a.m.: Woods (2 hour resurrection)

3 p.m.: Rapier Champions 

Wednesday 

10 a.m.:  Town Battle (1.5 hour resurrection)

2 p.m.:  Mountain Pass Battle (1 hour resurrection)

Thursday

10 a.m.: Bridge Battle (three, 30-minute singles death battles)

1:30 p.m.:  Unbelted, Belted, and Allied Champions Battles

Friday

10 a.m. Field Battles (five battles, four to the last man one regicide)

3 p.m.: Populace Shoot ends.

3 p.m: Rapier Woods.

I am just passing it along. I do not know any details.