I really love watching the Olympics... even the Winter Olympics. There's just something about national pride and competing against the best of the best that makes it so exciting. I've watched a lot of the coverage of the Vancouver games. Since I work from home, I had them on in the background most every day of the last two weeks and if I was home at night, I was certainly tuned to NBC and good ol' Bob Costas.

It sure looked like Vancouver did a great job as hosts and as someone who has been to Canada-land 3 times in the last year and with many new Canadian friends, I was very excited and happy for the pride they must be feeling with all the gold they won especially in Men's Ice Hockey this afternoon. What a game! The preliminary game was exciting too. The city looked absolutely gorgeous and I want to go back up there asap.

I also think NBC did a nice job with the coverage, although I wish they were able to broadcast more events live as to not ruin the surprise by finding out who one before the event actually aired. Earlier this evening they aired a touching tribute to the Georgian luger who lost his life right before the opening ceremonies and they also recapped the last two weeks in a nice little montage.

One of my favorite moments of these Olympics was Shaun White absolutely destroying the competition in the snowboarding halfpipe. He was just in a different league then the rest of the athletes. I also really enjoyed watching the women's downhill... there were lots of crazy wipeouts. I am glad no one was seriously hurt, but dang that was exciting! The snowboard cross was a cool event to watch, both men's and women's. I am not so into the ice skating or ice dancing

I watched a lot of curling. I love curling. I think I like it so much because I think with just a few weeks of practice, I could probably make the Olympic team. It doesn't look all that hard, and while I am sure it is harder than it looks... when pregnant women and middle aged bald men compete, it gives me hope. How hard could it be?

Anyway, I am looking forward to the London Olympics in 2012 and even though I am not a huge soccer fan, I do watch the World Cup every time it comes around for the same national pride reasons I like the Olympics so much and that's only a few months away.

Lastly, Stephen Colbert, who is one of my favorite television personalities and is pictured in the poster above, also has been broadcasting stuff for his show and I love his 4 minute recap below. Enjoy.

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Recap - Week of 2/22/10
www.colbertnation.com
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