Well, this is it. No, seriously, this is it. Today’s gold medal duel between the USA and Canada marks the last time a hockey post will not be a one-liner for the rest of the year. Soak it in while you can.
For the next few hours, regardless of whether your allegiance lies with Hogan’s entrance music or Bret Hart’s, you must honor the sport of hockey by adding a ‘y’ or an ‘ie’ to the end of each person’s name that you’re watching the game with. It will make Barry Melrose proud. Read the rest of this entry »
That’s right, the final curling match of the Olympics has arrived. Norway will take on the home country for all the glory an athlete can attain. What a ride curling has given us over the last two weeks. And now, like a stone that doesn’t need to be swept, there it goes. (What?) Read the rest of this entry »
Well, this is the last full day of the Olympics. There are a ton of medal events today – 9 total – so drink it in kids. And since the closing ceremonies are tomorrow evening, that also means tonight is the last night for those in the Olympic Village to get freaky. It’s kind of like the last night of summer camp. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, this is it. Canada wants to own the podium (Does it count if they buy the podium?) and the biggest of big deals for Canadians is the Gold Medal in hockey. They win tonight, they move on to face ‘Merica for another good old fashioned border war. Friend against friend. Brother against brother. Just like the Civil War and that depressing Jake Gyllenhaal movie. (I haven’t see it, so that’s pure speculation.) Read the rest of this entry »
According to the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, the Olympians have used all the condoms in the Olympic village. The original count of 10,000 condoms didn’t last the duration of the Olympics and they’re airlifting in a shipment of 8500 more condoms. Seriously. As Market Watch points out, that’s 14 condoms per athlete. And you’ve got to figure that at least some athletes are abstaining. (Oh, hi John Shuster!) Read the rest of this entry »
I haven’t tried to hide my love of curling. If it were on television 18 hours a day (Like it has been), I would probably watch it 18 hours a day. (Like I have been.) So when I sat in my living room last night watching the USA vs. Sweden ladies curling match and heard that the Swedish team had been in a Swedish metal video…
Vancouver's Drug Safe House: "Just blocks from the city's picturesque waterfront, the colorful backdrop for the Winter Olympic Games, is the small storefront where addicts come with their illegal drugs, register their names and substances of choice — heroin, speed, morphine and other injectables — to use all they want." Addicts inject themselves using clean needles under the supervision of nurses. Its the social programs from Hamsterdam put into practice. (USA Today) (30)
Both Canada and America kick off their Olympic runs today. USA will take on the Swiss at Noon/3Est and Canada takes on Norway at 4:30/7:30Est. If either game is televised it will be on tape delay. NBC plans on airing a whopping 6 hours of Olympic coverage today! I have to say, if I paid $820,000,000 for something, I’d try and get some use out of it. Idiots. Can I watch some curling at noon instead of an episode of Friends? It’s a 3 hour time difference! Play some live freaking sports!
I digress… Here’s some of Canada’s biggest star rapping about what they plan to do to the rest of the Olympic field.
Slate has put together a Sap-O-Meter to measure all the sappy buzz-words and heart-wrenching stories that NBC is sharing with us during the Olympics. On the one hand, NBC is trying to make us care about the athletes which is stupid. On the other, isn’t that what watching the Olympics is all about? I’m torn. I like to make fun of story of the curler whose mother was a one-armed line cook, but I also wouldn’t feel complete without hearing that guy’s story. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, this is it. No, seriously, this is it. Today’s gold medal duel between the USA and Canada marks the last time a hockey post will not be a one-liner for the rest of the year. Soak it in while you can.
