Olympic Observations

So I'm watching the Olympic coverage tonight and I guess I never noticed it before but I think some of the male figure skaters are gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Now before you go thinking I'm a "Homophobe", I have to say that I like the gays that I've met. I can't condone the lifestyle but at a personal level those I've met are easy to get along with.

My point is, I really never watched the men's portion of the Figure Skating competitions and my initial observation is that they generally appear rather effeminite. Plus the one American was being interviewed and he compared himself to the women greats rather than the other men. I just found that odd.

Except when it's the doubles competition (I have to admit I like the women in those skimpy outfits) I just haven't been interested enough to watch the men skate solo.

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I really like the Skiing events. I've never been skiing myself, but it is by far the most enjoyable of the events to watch. I mean these guys are going down two miles of a wide open course at over 80 mph on what is essentially ice. You fall and there's a very good chance you don't stop till you get to the bottom, hopefully in one piece.

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I'm looking forward to the Snowboardcross on Thursday. This is a head-to-head race downhill with four racers per heat. On snowboards. I can't wait! Sure, I'm just waiting for a crash but so is everyone who watches NASCAR (the dumbest sport in the world).

I watched the Men's Halfpipe on Sunday - how do they do that?!

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This just in - Bode Miller was disqualified on the first of the two slalom heats of the Men's Combined for straddling one of the gates. I peaked at the official Olympics website and another American, Ted Ligety, ended up winning the gold medal. The US leads in Gold medals with 5 and tied for third in the overall count with 7 total. It's still early.

USA, USA, USA, USA!!!

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Good night and God bless!