Did anyone on this list ever hear of these people as skaters? According to Rosie's web site (http://www.rosiemalek-yonan.com/biography.html), they were named...
In a message dated 9/30/2006 8:52:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, ghgang@... writes: but I do know who the Graham Cracker is named for (or, at least, in...
Well, as I regularly remind my fellow cruciverbalists (crossword puzzle fans), just because YOU haven't heard of something doesn't make it obscure. ... Kari...
Has anyone heard about this event? I just learned about it when I saw these pictures: http://tinyurl.com/r2xtl http://tinyurl.com/o66hq ...
Sarah Ramer
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Sep 30, 2006 4:12 am
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Taken from Yahoo! TV for the week of Sat. 9/30/06 through Fri. 10/6/06. All times Eastern; please doublecheck your local listings. And always bear in mind that...
... And isn't Lysacek the first US man since Tim Brown (1957, 1958) to medal twice at Worlds without having ever been the US champ? ... kgodfrey@......
... I found it quite interesting is that Parker Pennington -- a skater who's had virtually no past international competition experience with the CoP -- had the...
Nebelhorn is the test for the de-coupling of the TE and PC scores, i.e., a separate judging panel for Technical Elements and one for Program Components....
... Gordon McKellen, Jr. (US Champ 1973, 1974, and 1975). To look at it another way, Scott Davis and Johnny Weir are the only US champions (repeat or not) to...
... Olympic medal? ... Gordon McKellen, I think (unless I'm forgetting someone more recent). National Champ in 73, 74, 75 but no World or Olympic Medal. Karen...
... Johnny's flakey competition performances and apparent lack of mental focus and/or toughness on the ice, than his sexual orientation. I think people in the...
Sarah Ramer
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Sep 29, 2006 6:45 pm
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... They're separate issues. Weir is somewhat "femme" (for lack of a better word) in his clothing choices and love of shopping. He may (or may not) be gay....
... If there's a line that delimits politically acceptable conduct for a male figure skater in the US, Johnny's already crossed it long ago, with his...
... many ... that is ... the ... I've met lots of straight men at skating comps. with their wives and girlfriends. Perhaps it was the woman who bought the...
ITA, Johnny has come out as far as he can. Gay will always = male figure skater to most Americans. And because of bigotry the sport then suffers. The sport...
... You're confusing sexuality and style with gender identification. They're separate issues. Weir is somewhat "femme" (for lack of a better word) in his...
Candace Miller
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Sep 29, 2006 2:53 pm
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... I never heard of her until this thread but then I don't watch cooking shows. OTOH, not only do I know who Putin is but I can also name his predecessor....
Candace Miller
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Sep 29, 2006 2:38 pm
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... I'd guess that there are just as many people on this list who read Anthony Trollope novels as those who watch cooking shows on TV or buy celebrity...
Well the NFL is a much larger public canvas than skating....I guess the all-time record for insularity on this list ils still held by David Forberg who once...
... Ironically, American football and baseball uniforms are at least as tight and revealing and the man-on-man contact in football is far more intimate than...
... But that is not as it ever was. You don't have to go back that many decades to find lots of straight men appreciating things of high classical value like...
Susan
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Sep 29, 2006 5:07 am
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... Then maybe the comparison is apt, because those of us who do not follow football have never heard of this guy, either. (Buy then I also don't recognize...
Susan
smc413@...
Sep 29, 2006 4:56 am
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... fashion and his willingness to be sexually ambiguous>>> Oh, c'mon. Johnny's sexuality is as ambiguous as Carson's on "Queer Eyes." The only thing holding...
I should be doing something useful, like labeling my tapes from the 2005-2006 season but it's a low energy night. I haven't seen these items posted here. ...
When I see these pictures of Johnny Weir such as the fashion show picture or the glmour picture in heels what immediately runs through my head are lines from...
I don't disagree with anything Ben wrote....but the facts are from time to time we (collectively) seem to worry about why "they" don't appreciate our sport....
I don't think the comparison of T.O. to Tonya is particularly apt...Tonya's various desparate efforts to stay in the spotlight basically began after her...
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