Why Canada thought Canada sucked at the Summer Olympics

Let’s go back about two weeks (yeah, I could have written this two weeks ago, but I was busy staying up until 4 in the morning to talk about diving, so go fuck yourself, hypothetical Internet critic who would say somthing like “OLD!!!!11!!! Learn 2 blog n00b” after reading my lede) to when Canada sat [...]

CBC, TSN, and BOCOG: Make staying up to all hours worth my while

The first eight or nine days of the Olympics were perfectly scheduled: swimming finals in the morning, diving after those (before the swimmers came back for afternoon/evening heats), gymnastics or rowing right after the swimming, wrestling finals coming closer to the afternoon. It was perfect if, like me, you could last until 3 or 4 [...]

Pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, oh my

With the Opening Ceremonies going for the Beijing Olympics on Friday (which may be Thursday here, I’m not sure about the time difference yet), I’m gearing up for a couple of weeks in front of the TV with odd sleeping hours. I love the Olympics with the sort of unconditional love normally reserved for my [...]