The Grant Catton Blog

So once again, the Olympics have come and almost gone. But we've still got one more weekend of competition, so I'm settling in to savor the next 48 hours, because I'm an Olympics junkie. Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, I don't care. For two weeks I the T.V. running non-stop.

The Olympics are the time when I get to care about sports that I've totally forgotten about for the past four years; such as curling, skeleton, figure skating, skiing, luge, and the list goes on and on.

So I've come up with a little list of what I like about the Olympics:

What I like:

1.) Opening Ceremonies, The Procession of the Nations
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