Is it just me or did the Olympics get BORING?

Remember when all you would hear about was hoe polluted the air was in China? The marathon runners were going to die if they needed to breathe during the race.

And then the Chinese were going to shoot some crazy experimental science gun into the atmosphere to stave off rain.


And then there was that fake Chinese girl that was prettier than the real chinese girl.


And then that dude killed somebody and jumped off a building.


And swimming was still going on.


Action packed, right?


Now, I love sand volleyball as much as the next guy, but I have hit my quota. Somebody needs to accidentally throw a shotput into a car window or I am clocking out of this whole Olympic thing.

No Joel

I'm in Utah right now, somewhere near the Nevada border in a Super 8 off I-70.

I just wanted to mention that I did NOT go through with the Billy Joel experiment ($400 in gas money if I listened to "Movin' Out" 491 times in a row). Not that I didn't want to do it, but I just ran out of time to work it out. It's probably just as well though. It could of got dangerous, as conveyed in the following list:

"Moments While Driving When the Addition of Billy Joel Would Have Most Certainly Killed Me"

-Coasting down 3 mile hills at high speeds in Denver.

-Driving in Chicago with only five inches of back window visibility after getting into a screaming argument with an elderly Jewish woman and a Bakery Supply truck driver.

-Flash floods on windy roads in the darkness in Utah.

Hearing about Officer Leary trading in his Chevy for a Cadillac ack ack ack, at any one of those moments... and I wouldn't be alive right now.

The Journey Begins

I'm going to head off on my drive to California tomorrow morning. I hope to update soon.

For now, Do the Bartman,



I felt a little strange trying to convey to my younger sister what a smash hit the Simpsons was when I was a kid. Everybody had either a "Don't Have a Cow, Man!" T shirt or at least one of those giant buttons with Bart on it.