I'm Glad It's Over

The Winter Olympics ended last night and not a moment too soon. I must confess that I have not followed the games very closely. I think my favorite Olympic moment was when I saw Matt Lauer and Al Roker do a two man luge on the Today Show. Matt had to be the bottom, which I'm sure was not his choice. When Al dropped his chocolaty girth onto Matt's unsuspecting groin, the world held it's breath. Matt was able to squeak out, "Al could you please sit up?", perhaps echoing the sentiment of an entire nation.

I do enjoy the Winter games more than the Summer games. It seems as if there is more potential for serious bodily harm. Nothing is more exciting that watching some spandex clad adrenaline freak hit 100 mph on the skeleton. I did see the ski aerials. That's where a lunatic goes off the ski jump and then twists and flips through the air. It looks cool, but I wonder how they decided to do this in the first place. I would imagine you need to have a lot of chemical or alcoholic help to think that this is a good idea the first time, but to do it a second time is just plain crazy.

I was bothered by the attitude of some of our athletes. The winter games seem to draw a more slacker athlete. Snow boarding and skiing are usually associated with the idle rich or the unemployable. Bohdi Miller is the personification of this attitude. The guy was all talk before the games. He said the man was trying to stifle him and that he was so good he could ski drunk and still win. Maybe he needed a few more cocktails, cause he didn't win anything but my scorn. How 'bout this Bohdi, put up or shut up. Then he supposedly sprained his ankle playing basketball. Basketball? Aren't you there to ski nimrod? Well at least he said he had fun and that it didn't matter if he won. Tell that to the guys whose spot you took on the team This isn't youth league soccer. It DOES matter if you win.

I may have to get one of the spandex suits that the bobsled guys wear. I think "Wife" might like it. It would make me very aerodynamic in the sled if you know what I mean. They also seem to accentuate your junk, which is always a good thing. See you in Vancouver in 2010. Later...Brian