Ugh. . . . . I really don’t think it was appropriate for this chick to scatter her mother’s ashes on the volleyball field after she and Kerri Walsh won the gold medal in beach volleyball in Beijing. Apparently, I am not the only one who thinks this is sort of gross. See here and here.

All I can say is, thank goodness that other people also find this a bit screwy. I can tell you now that I wouldn’t scatter my loved one’s ashes anywhere where other players would be playing, or even where other people would be walking. I just think it’s kind of grody to think about getting others’ burnt up bodies on my shoes, etc. And, on that volleyball pitch, those players fall down and get their bodies all down and dirty in that sand. Ick. I have heard of athletes’ strange superstitions, but this is too much, and frankly, is unlawful in most places.