A King Among Men

i wish howard cosell was still alive (or, i'm a 5 year old)

nbc was showing coverage of the american women's volleyball team this morning. they were playing japan, which had a team member with the last name of takeshita. read that again. takeshita.

now of course, the announcer didn't pronounce it they way her name is actually spelled. he said something along the lines of tak-e-she-ta.

instantly i wished cosell was alive. he would have kept it real. i can hear the call now: "Take-shit-a drops another one on the Americans."

boys really do never grow up.

thoughts on the olympics at 1:30 in the morning

the opening ceremonies were actually worth watching. did anybody else get the feeling we were watching the coming out party for the new superpower in the world?

fencing would be so much better if they used real sabres.

i'm beginning to remember why i normally don't watch the olympics.

I'm so disappointed. You were supposed to be different. You were supposed to be one of us. Guess you were too much like us. You were supposed to not take things for granted, because you knew what hard work was really all about. Instead, you betrayed the person who gave up everything so you could have what you wanted, and by doing so, you let us down, too. She forgave and so will we. But things are different now.