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Tracy Wilson. And I already thought this was the worst ice dance season I could remember.

Youtube shut me out of access to the ISU channel yesterday. (At least it was a day this week). I watched the whole beginning of Euros and the start of the pairs free last weekend, now everything says my VPN is detected. Mom & I both had Express VPN. This morning I called her, and she can't get...

Goodreads reviews are a good thing, but they are not as helpful. It is harder for people to post reviews on Amazon, but authors/booksellers really do need reviews posted there. (I assume because this helps with the formulas that Amazon uses for advertising books to its massive reader base, but...

I'll add that publishers really do value the number of positive reviews published on highly-viewed & trafficked bookselling websites. If you want to help Gabi, publishing a positive review on Amazon (or whatever) is helpful and helps her sell more books.

Thoughts on Novice Dance: This was, by far, my favorite part of the whole ice dance competition here. (I'm ready to burn down the current dance scoring system). Anyway . . . The top three teams in the novice dance competition were a sheer delight. The winners, Lukanin & O'Brian, had superior...

My thoughts on this seasons' selections of The White Crow: I really loved this music when Kolyada skated to it. It is probably my favorite program by him. I understand why other athletes would select it; but tonight we had two versions of it live, which makes at least three in dance this season...

My two cents: I don't care what the order of skate is, I think USA should put up Chock & Bates and Malinin twice. You want the gold medal or don't you? Split the ladies. That's fine. Multiple women have competed at multiple worlds and earned significant international medals. This team has...

There is no perfect place to put this, but I wanted to say what a joy it has been to see the creative work being done by some of the gifted athletes here. Emmanual Savary, Samuel Mindra, and Sonja Hilmer all had such wonderful SPs and are all involved in their own choreography. A good reminder...

In response to the question in the thread title . . . No. They've grown by leaps & bounds in many ways and need to skate with an appreciation for that improvement, confidence, and the ability to accept a mistake as part of the journey. They aren't the favorites, and that's OK. There are a lot...

Wow, Starr! What a moment. And what a great competition for her all around.

My overall thoughts this ice dance season: I'm ready for a whole new code of points.

Schools here often have a backpack program. Children receive backpacks full of food on Fridays to take home with them for the weekend. In some cases--if there is need for multiple individuals at home--a child might even sign up for more than one backpack to take home. Anyway, if you know of a...

Shun:). He competed in this event the way you need to. Focused on his job & didn't let the rest of the world interfere.

Happy for Tomoki today. It's been a journey, and it was great to see him deliver.