Ok, so I was sick. Really sick. Strep throat, a cold, slept a lot, woke up, slept some more, doctor, penicillin, feeling fine, yada yada yada. (And thank you for the well wishes.) But I'm so bored with talking about it. I would much rather talk about my most favorite subject ever: stupid people.
I am huge fan of the summer Olympics. Huge. I love the summer games. I love the pomp, the spectacle. I love the idea of the Olympic truce. I love the iconic images. Oh, the images! I can see perfectly in my mind Cathy Freeman kissing her medal in Sydney, Michael Johnson setting a world record in golden shoes in Atlanta, Mary Decker falling in Los Angeles, Tommie Smith's black glove in Mexico City. Joy, triumph, agony, controversy.
There is one image that will stick with me for all the wrong reasons. Have you seen the newly announced official logo of the 2012 London games?
Great gravy, what the fuck are they thinking? Are they going with a caveman theme? Who thought this was a good idea? Did the committee leave Pebbles Flintstone in charge that day?
A professional designer got paid a lot of money for that. Some of the "amateur" designs submitted to the BBC and to london2012.com are brilliant and inspired, and the committee chose that… thing?
Is it too late to give the games to New York? At least they had a good logo.
posted at 06/05/2007 08:47 am : Permalink
Categorized General : Tagged Olympics, sick, strep throat, stupidity
Image credit: Eric Gay, AP
So Belbin and Agosto won a silver medal in ice dancing, only the second medal the U.S. has ever won in the event. But dig this:
Although they have won three U.S. titles, they were barred from the Olympics until she got her American citizenship. The Canadian-born Belbin became a U.S. citizen seven weeks ago thanks to an act of Congress, pushing up the pair's Olympic schedule four years.
Congress passed a special law to make her a citizen just so she could compete in Turin.
I think that's cheating.
posted at 02/21/2006 10:25 am : Permalink
Categorized News : Tagged ice dancing, Olympics
Former Olympian Sarah Hughes looks like Rachel Dratch, only pretty.
posted at 02/20/2006 07:57 am : Permalink
Categorized General : Tagged Olympics, Rachel Dratch, Sarah Hughes
For those of us who really want to see the 2012 Olympics in New York, there's good news from Paris.
Parisian labor leaders have scheduled a general strike for Thursday, just as the inspection team from the International Olympic Committee is touring the city.
At least now New York will be back on equal footing after the MTA/Cablevision debacle over the Westside Stadium.
BBC News
posted at 03/09/2005 11:46 pm : Permalink
Categorized Ancient history, News : Tagged Olympics, Paris