A sad picture

Down with real (a virus of some kind) and Olympics fever. There are quite a few embarrassing Olympics pictures swirling around the Net at the moment. This one was truly saddening. Having been to China there is this jarring juxtaposition of poverty and the newfangled that you get used to seeing rather quickly. Over the weekend, I was also lucky enough to see my sister-in-law and her husband in the stands while I watched a volleyball match - even stopped the screen for a second to take a picture of them and send it to their cellphone while the game went on.