I have done almost nothing for the last three weeks except watch the Olympics-and we still have hours recorded that will have to be watched! Not only do we record daytime coverage but also the 8 hours of nighttime coverage.
If you add up the hours in the day and figure you have to devote a few to sleeping it's easy to see why our Olympics can last 4-5 weeks while other poor souls only have a couple of weeks.

I am up to date on Michael Phelps (with fond memories of Spitz) and the gymnastics events. The team sports don't actually interest me although I have seen a lot of them because my husband watches EVERYTHING even if he fast forwards through some. The Olympics seems (seem? I need my daughter to edit that for me) to do best when it's the best of the best individuals even though there may be a team backing them up-as in gymnastics. Although I have to admit to boredom during the rifle events and the sabre fencing. And while I am in awe of the women's beach volleyball, I am equally appalled at the requirements for their uniforms. I gather it is one of the events where the stands are always filled (this has been a problem with the Beijing Olympics). No wonder-everyone likes to watch strong, graceful, talented, NAKED women.

P.S. My sister in law speaks Chinese and says the correct pronunciation of Beijing is with a hard "j". As in Jingle Bells, not as in shut.

I had no idea, when I sat down to write, that I was going to write about the olympics but there you have it!