The Olympics, a few words...

In the spirit of athleticism, I spent most of the last four days on the couch watching the Olympics.  Too bad I had to go back to work.  Well, there was a break long enough for a trip to the theatre to see Up in the Air.

Thank God we got a gold medal.  I was sick of hearing that we had never won on home soil.  It was as if that was all the reporters could find to talk about.  The media kind of sucks, when you think about it.  The media pumps up medal hopes to a point of hysteria.  How is that fair to the athletes?  You would have thought that gold in the men's downhill and men's 500m speed skating were guaranteed.  Give it a rest.

And, a word to Brian Williams about math.  He suggested that Canada has gone 33 years (or so) without winning a gold.  That is stupid.  The Olympics have not been running continuously in Canada since 1976.

What else?  Dale Begg-Smith is a loser, a loser who made a fortune creating malware that might have infected your computer.  I have never seen someone so upset with a silver medal.  What a suck.  Stay in Australia.

More later.