Hey Mrs. C!!! Okay darlin'....I'll fess up to you. I had watched some Curling about 3 or 4 times in my life and although I knew it had a following, it seemed like some sillyass shit to me. But I'm an insomniac and NBC on there alternate networks of CNBC and MSNBC carried an awful lot of the competition. Not being able to find a movie one night, I tuned in and watched. After about an hour, I was just gassed! Those two stations also carried all of the hockey games and I'd check them and get really mad when Curling wasn't on! I watched several excellent matches and became a bit of the "fan."

Some of the shots to put blockers out or get through/past them just blew me away! It's hard to imagine having such control of that stone on the ice. The one announcer was a Curler and often pointed out exactly where a stone should end up and then would chastise someone for a shot that was maybe 6 inches off!! Add to all of that the time element.....Many games came down to almost being decided by the clock and on one occasion the fact they had to hurry cost the team the game and match.....It was truly exciting! And I would never have dreamed that I'd be that involved.........

So my congrats to all of the folks who participated!!! My gawd, to be able to focus in and perform at such a high level in anything is quite an achievement and I will never sell Curling short again!

Spaw