Converted
I truly intended to write more about the Olympics, but work and some sinus problems kinda, sorta got in the way. I ended up crashing early a bunch this past…
Pay Attention
We had one of those special opportunities to go see a movie over Valentine’s Day weekend. I really looked forward to sitting down and enjoying a pleasant little film.
In the end, that did happen. However, I feel like my ADD got in the way a little bit. I blame it on the much-worse ADD of other people.
We found nice seats a few rows up in the upper part of the movie theater. We settled in, chatted through the previews and then dug into our snacks when the main feature started.
That’s when it happened. A light here, a light there, a light almost everywhere. Cell phones.
My New Favorite
I sometimes cringe when they start adding new sports to the Olympics. The change sometimes comes from trying to ride the wave of a fad instead of truly recognizing a…
Enjoy the Snow
One of my favorite comedians, Louis CK, has a wonderful bit which pretty much sums up the way this crazy world seems to go these days.
He outlines all the wonderful advances we have achieved as humans, then points out how we seem to do nothing except complain. Everything is great; nobody’s happy, he exclaims.
I thought of this last week while I sat inside watching two massive snowstorms turn the week into one long vacation for so many people.
Maybe I am just spoiled because I work in higher education and have the opportunity to get some free days off when we have some crazy weather event like we just had.
More NBC Bashing
I can find many bad aspects of how NBC has chosen to cover these Olympics. Smarter people than me have tackled that task. Let's just focus on the horrible execution…
I Still Don’t See It
Today starts a series of occasional posts about the Olympics. I will vent about what I hate, praise what I like and just point out random stuff. So NBC showed…
Loving the ‘Lympics
The world has come to Vancouver as the Winter Olympics are under way.
I usually just sit back and cheer for the Americans, but I have a different rooting interest this time around.
I traveled to Vancouver for work last November and shared a plane back with a bunch of athletes from around the world who will compete in bobsled, luge and skeleton over the next few weeks. In fact, I was one of the few people on the plane who did not voluntarily hurtle themselves down a sheet of ice for a living.
About five years ago, as we prepared for the last Winter Olympics, I wrote a column about how I thought I would fit in perfectly on the bobsled team. The only problem was that the guys who usually did that sort of thing were world-class athletes.
Missing the Shore
We all lost a national treasure recently. Some of you may not have noticed, but you can trust me when I say many of us feel terrible about what happened.
“Jersey Shore” finished its short season on MTV.
I can’t believe we only got to know The Situation, Snookie and the gang a couple of months ago. They already seem like old friends. I don’t know how much fun I will have with them gone.