It means “goodbye” and it’s fitting now that the Olympics are over, for one last slideshow and diary from MPR’s Melody Ng, who’s been on vacation in China and providing us with a street-level view of the Olympics.
8-22-08 Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. I have no idea what watching paddling is like on days that aren’t hot and sunny, but it’s wacky today. The less expensive tickets (80 RMB –
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins