This Is The Olympic Theme Song

Yes, it's Valentine's Day, but unfortunately I couldn't be with mine today (that'll come this weekend). So, I'm going to talk about a couple of other things.

The 3200B has caught Olympic Fever over the last few days. It was a lucky coincidence that the biggest snowstorm of the year (and one of the biggest in years) fell over the same weekend as the Torino Games' opening, because there was no shortage of good TV fodder while we were essentially stuck in the apartment Saturday and Sunday.

I guess I was otherwise occupied with school the last time there was a Winter Olympics, even though it was in Salt Lake City. However, the Games I most prominently remember growing up were the 1994 events in Lillehammer. I believe that also happened to be the winter where we had multiple blizzards that let us out of school for weeks, so I remember staying up late watching David Letterman's mom cover the lighter side of the Olympiad, and I remember names like Dan Jansen, Picabo Street and, of course, Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding.

At any rate, I've enjoyed watching the extended coverage of Torino over the past few days. For one, I've rediscovered that curling is not merely to be ridiculed as an obscure addition to the games. It's very strategic and intellectual while still requiring a measure of physical fitness. I think I could be a curler; that would have to be my sport. That and innertube water polo.

Overall, it's still exciting to see the outcomes of all the events. I mean, where else but in the Olympics can you trash talk the Dutch during a speedskating match and actually care about the end result? Go Team USA!