The Winter Olympics

John Stewart jokingly called them the "bad Olympics" and I have to agree. The Winter Olympics pale in comparison to their summer compatriots. The opening ceremonies were way too PC, as Canada tried to represent all 500+ "first nations" tribes or Indians as we call them. Their dancing intro was a mess. What followed was some bad weather and a bunch of pretty boring events. The men's figure skating is now more of a costume show than a demonstration of skills. The luge event had to be revamped as someone died during a practice run. I always thought this looked like a dangerous sport, now we know it is deadly.

One of the few bright points was the gold medal hockey match (and to be clear I should say, the men's gold medal hockey match). Canada won an amazing game in overtime. It looked like Canada had it sewn up, but somehow the US scored with less than 30 seconds left in the third period to tie it up. Then in the overtime period, Sydney Crosby, the best hockey player of his generation, won it for Canada. Even though I was momentarily sad that the US lost, it was a great win for Canada on their home turf. I know they will hold it over us, but this is their sport and Crosby is so good they deserve it.

Before the closing ceremonies NBC broadcast two plus hours of a cross country skiing event; this was possibly the most boring sport I have ever seen on TV. I went to dinner and it was still on when I came home. The commentators kept trying to make it interesting by comparing it to the marathon, another boring TV sport. At least in the summer they cut away and show other stuff to keep the story going.

The good news is that it's over and the US won the only thing we really care about, the medal count.