So far I have not been particularly swept up in Winter Olympic fever. I watched a medal ceremony for free-style snowboarding in which (gasp) all three medalists were Americans! They looked like three kids off the X-games, cleaned up a little. All three also looked totally stoned, which gave me and Kevin a good laugh. “Dude, if we peel off the gold foil is there chocalate under here? I am STARVING! Whoa, check out the big flame.”

Also, luger’s are idiots. Somebody’s gonna get killed. I mean, the Bobsleder’s have like, a big contraption around them to protect them. It’s only made of fiberglass, but it’s better than hurtling down a mountain at 80 miles an hour FLAT ON YOUR ASS!

Regardless, here are my favorite Olympic moments so far. The US hockey team beat Switzerland (like we didn’t all see that coming). Anytime they win I am happy.

Bob Costas encouraged the bartender at one Olympians parents bar in Vermont to by the house a round after the daughter of the proprieters won a gold medal, only to find out that it is against the law to give away drinks in Vermont, and Bob ended up costing the poor bartender around $170 bucks. The next day, Bob sent the guy his credit card info, enough money for a second round of drinks, and a $200 tip.

I also watched figure skating, which I don’t normally do, and happened to see the two Canadians. The entire performance. I saw the Russians, who won the gold, right before them, and there is no denying that they were good. The Canadians, who I only paid complete attention to because I was glad to see they managed to look more like a Gap ad than Sigfried and Roy, were incredible! I was as shocked as anybody that they didn’t win, and I am ususally rooting for someone to get cross checked during figure skating. That’s why I was so glad to see this, because they earned it. It’s nice to see that in an international community that has been falling apart with terror and war, we can come together and recognize that, oops, we screwed up, but let’s just say we were all winners and try not kill each other, ok? Good job guys.