08/11/2024 03:55 pm
After two weeks of attempting to keep up with all the events at the Paris Olympics—of both admiring the extraordinary athleticism of gymnastics and being mystified by the subjectivity in its judging, of trying to figure out the rules of team handball, contemplating how the training must work in artistic swimming, and getting to understand what it must feel like to be a Warriors fan, here are some more random items (although not as random as some Olympic sports) from the notebook.