Let’s face it. The Olympics go on 2 weeks too long. Only a week into it and I’m already sick of it. Maybe it’s the big news story of the French judge fixing the figure skating competition. They’ve run that story into the ground. Seems to me they could get it down to one week and get it all overwith.
Colin Quinn is on Letterman tonight. He has to be one of the most unfunny persons on earth. I didn’t care for him on SNL. Now he’s got his own show (why on earth would they give him his own show?).

There’s a new terror attack today. Everybody panic! Honestly I am not sure these Terror Alerts are doing any good. They say be alert of suspicious activities, but aren’t specific as to what these activities are.
Talk show topics I am tired of seeing:
1. Who’s the Father? Will DNA tests prove who the father is of this child?
This is just stupid. First of all the mother of the child is basically getting on TV and saying “I shared a bed with so many men, I don’t know who the father of the child is.” This is degrading and should not be put up in front of a national television audience.
2. We send unruly teens to bootcamp.
Ah yes, the boot camp shows. It’s always amusing to watch these teens come on a show to act all big and bad, then loose their cool at bootcamp. I can only imagine how embarrassed the teen feels when years later they see how stupid they acted. The whole concept of the show is predictable.
3. Help turn my daughter back into a girl!
Another amusing show features girls who dress like boys. I guess they have sexual hang ups or something. By the end of the show, they have makeovers for the girls. It’s another show which will embarrass the guests years later. Why they go on the show, I’ll never know.

I’d like to see the Olympic Committee do something completely off the wall and hold the Winter Olympic Games in Chile in July. I mean they’ve held the Summer Games in Sydney in September. Why not do the same thing with the Winter Games?
With me the Olympic Games usually go like this: I usually watch them for the first few days. Then I get tired of them and don’t bother watching them. Anything that goes on longer than one week is too long. I haven’t ever watched the closing ceremonies.

Fascinating fact: The Olympic Stadium is only used for the Opening and Closing Celermonies during the Winter Games. Think about it. There are not many Winter sports that can take place in that type of stadium. It was a good thing the Rice-Eccles Stadium wasn’t built just for the Salt Lake City games.
The Olympic Games opening ceremony is tonight. I’ll probably be watching it chanting “USA! USA!” It’s always interesting to watch the countries that participate. The USA and other Western countries dominate the games since they usually have the money to fund the practice facilities. Other 3rd world countries may only have one or two athletes. Then there’s the Jamacian Bobsled team….

I’m beginning to think the earth is getting warmer. We haven’t had a good snow here in middle Tennessee for several years. I can remember in elementary school where we’d get 2 or 3 days of good sledding on a dead end hill near my cousin’s house. Now the snow never sticks and the roads are never covered. I can remember once when it snowed on a Sunday morning. It was one of the few times that I stayed home from church because the roads were impassable.
Today’s snow was wimpy. It didn’t stick. But just like clockwork, the schools let out at 1PM, just in time for the afternoon rain to start.