Can’t Ignore the Olympics…Really, no Matter How Hard You Try
A little Olympic rundown if you will. Dedicated to Amanda, the most passionate and enthusiastic Winter Olympic watcher I know!
Lindsey Vonn Wins Gold…and Her Husband is “Impressed”
Lindsey Vonn won gold last night in the women’s downhill…while many other women simply wiped out. She was ecstatic, as she should be. But was it just me, or was her husband seriously unimpressed. I mean, he said, “That was impressive,” but it was in the most monotone voice. And I’m sorry, impressive? Was my 90 mile-an-hour downhill skiing not that impressive to you before? I’m sure he meant well, but if I just won a gold metal after three different women face-planted at 75 MPH on the ice, I’d expect a little more than, “Sweet…that was impressive.” You better believe it was impressive buddy! Don’t patronize me! Just sayin’….
Now You Can Own Norwegian Curling Pants Too!
After the Norwegian curling team took the ice with their Al Czervik (i.e. Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack) inspired curling pants, the pants caused such a Twitter ruckus, the manufacturer immediately put them online here to sell. You’re welcome!
Male Skating, the New “Hot” Sport?
Best Week Ever is one fantastic website to get daily humorous blurb about the ongoing of pop culture. Today they featured this article about this year’s male figure skaters. Has anyone else noticed??
Is Anyone Out There Considering the Great Triumph it is to MAKE it to the Olympics Before They Judge Lindsey Jacobellis…Again?
Lindsey Jacobellis came back to the Winter Olympics this year after a heart-breaking should-have-been-gold-place run last year. Jacobellis led the race, and after hot-dogging her last jump fell into second place for a tarnished silver. This year much media frenzy has been spent on Lindsey’s story: how she will perform, whether she deserves gold or not, how to/not to act when running an Olympic snowboard cross race, and more of the sorts. And on Tuesday night she raced again…coming in fifth and not qualifying for finals. The media went crazy. Read this article Lisa Holmes wrote questioning why one small mistake tarnishes an Olympians career forever—or at least until they make a remarkable “come back” performance and then the media covers that for 3 weeks straight.
Nothing to do With the Olympics, but Good News: Sarah Silverman Can in Fact get Fired up!
It doesn’t seem like there would be much that could offend Sarah Silverman, but apparently fat jokes about women and getting married are the ticket. She speaks avidly about both topics, claiming that we live in a world where overweight men are still loveable men, however overweight women are seen as disgusting. Regarding marriage, she doesn’t see why anyone would do in this day and age but not for the reason you might think. She compares marrying while gay people still can’t is comparable to joining a 1960s country club that still bans Jews and blacks. See more of her interview here.
