i learned a lot today

poor stefanie lawton. shannon kleibrink's third just happened to be a billion times better than yours (kasner). however, props to gushue.

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while watching curling!

a) people actually trip over rocks and fall! it happened last night! she walked into the opposing team's rock and took a small spill. i don't know the official ruling on that, so i looked it up: canadian curling rules

b) hog lines are wired underneath the ice with detectors coinciding with circuitry found in the handle of each rock. lights on the rock will light up if a hand remained on the rock handle as it passes the near hog line to indicate a delivery fault.

c) even curlers have sports psychologists, to deal with the mental rigours of competition. hee!

d) the hottest canadian curler is jennifer jones, skip of the 2005 canadian national team