Though this blog is the focal point of my long-form web-based narcissism, I do have another blog that, come winter, gets a fair amount of my mental energy: the Nordic Commentary Project, which is a small (two-man) effort to provide top-level cross-country skiing with something beyond straight reporting. You know – analysis. Prognostication. Commentary, even.
Why, just this evening I wrote 1,000 words on who might – or rather, won’t – win one of the key races at the Olympics in February. It’s geeky, but by golly I tried to correctly use those crazy Swedish and Norwegian letters with the little circles and the slashed-out O’s and stuff. And what’s more I think I’m right about my guesswork! But I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to put 50 Norwegian krone down on the long odds against my prediction.