Quick Thoughts as the Olympics Close

Here are some quick thoughts as we near the end of the games.

- For someone so hyped Lindsey Vonn did a lot of falling. To hear people tell it before the games she was a goddess on skis. Five races, five chances for a medal and what did she come away with? One gold, one bronze, two falls, a missed gate, and a broken finger. (And to boot, she isn't that pretty. I mean, maybe she's pretty in that ugly kind of way like Carly Simon or Parker Posey, but that's about it.) Julia Mancuso should have gotten more of the attention.

- Evgeni Plushenko is a tool. Between the "Platinum Medal" incident, and looking like a Bond villain in his little promo I don't see how anyone can like this guy. How much fun would be if was the next Bond villain though? Have Daniel Craig chasing him all over Siberia. You could give Plushenko a fun villain nickname too like Razor, or The Blade, or Skate. Actually, you can't use Skate, he was the little black kid on inline skates in Streets of Rage 2, but any of the other names would do.

- Karma bit Sven Kramer. After he was a prick to Andrea Kramer he screwed up a lane change in a gold medal race in which he had a huge lead. Take that Svennie.

- People who think the U.S. hockey team's success is going to spark interest in the NHL need to calm down. It's great for now, but U.S. sports fans are notorious for having intense fleeting patriotism. Remember the 1999 Women's World Cup soccer team and how the WUSA was formed after? No? That's because the WUSA lasted for about ten minutes. Remember Rulon Gardner? For crying out loud, the greatest event in our country's sporting history was the 1980 Olympic Men's hockey team winning gold and that didn't spark anything.

- Speaking of hockey, this USA-Canada final is going to be huge, but we should make it even bigger. Here is a wager for you Canada. If we win, you become our 51st state. I mean, you're basically the US now except for the play money currency and the goofy police officers. So, we win, you become one of us. If you win we'll buy two cases of Molson Canadian and agree to not tell jokes about Canada for three days. How does a Canadian spell Canada? C-eh, N-eh, D-eh. You know, jokes like that.

So the hockey final is tomorrow. The closing ceremonies are coming soon. I'm sure they will take these Olympics out the way they have gone on for the last two weeks...with a resounding, meh.

On to London!!