Olympics Days 5 & 6

I already tried red and blue fonts, so I decided to give white a try. It didn't work. But I assure you everything I wrote in that attempt was witty and informative. Now for the rest of my material.

I cannot believe I missed the cycling time trials! And the Americans did so well with Levi Leipheimer nabbing the bronze and top American female Kristy Armstrong (no relation to Lance) grabbing GOLD. Christine Thorburn (USA) also finished fifth which is outstanding, but history ignores those not in the top three.

Wow, the defending world champ US Greco-Roman wrestling team is getting smoked. And apparently all of our good women fencers are in the sabre discipline (medal sweep day 2) because we were shut out in epee and foil. Swimming continues to be our prime medal source and I assume track will take its place shortly.

Things I am tired of: Tim Daggett and Rowdy Gaines over dramatizing Everrrrrrrything. Chicken sandwiches. Don't any of the burger places sell beef anymore (okay I admit the jealous cow in the BK commercial is pretty funny)? CLOSE UP CAMERA SHOTS...just because we have the technology to count the athletes pores doesn't mean we have to use it every six minutes.

Bad commercials:

1. Subway with everyone getting drinks splashed on them. Doesn't make me want to go there. And scrabble may be, perhaps, a little too difficult for our instant gratification society.
   
2. The GM suv that brags that it gets better gas mileage than two other suvs? Where are my coat and keys?
   
3. Match.com's generous offer of 6 months free if you didn't find a good match. Oh goody, more of a service that doesn't work for me. Just what I wanted. Let's think of other products/services where this could be especially unpleasant.

Hot 11 update: [note the name change] Praguayan javelin thrower Leryn Franco. Yowww. How much longer do we have to wait for track & field? Thanks to MighTY Mom for IDing the 399 lb. Guam judo competitor in a recent comment (although I am not sure if she was putting him on her list ;)
Good daytime tennis today with James Blake upsetting lackluster Roger Federer and Serena Williams falling to Elena Dementieva.

The warm temps made Elena glisten just perfectly as she fought back after being a set down.

Not a big fan of trailers for NBC fall programming, but I have to admit I am really looking forward to season two of my second favorite show Chuck. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Enjoy Le Games. Dave