Every single Olympics I optimistically assume that, bad though NBC's commentary will be, it cannot possibly be as bad as the commentary at the previous Olympics ( Read more... )

These are just random thoughts from the past few days ( Read more... )

Ok, yes, the Olympics are over. But not necessarily my ranting! (And for those of you freaking out, no worries - this blog will be returning very shortly to its usual habits of completely ignoring sports.)

( Positive comments about the actual sports will be in the next entry. )

So today's excitement involved four cops pounding on my door asking for a [name redacted], which was followed by the four cops coming in and searching the house, while calling for backup to search the small house in the back and the back yard ( Read more... )

Have just felt wiped the last few days. So, scattered comments:

1. I'm late on this, but the latest Freddy the Pig post is here.2. Watching Olympic swimming reminded me of an old Sprague de Camp story, which pitted a drunken mermaid versus a sea lion at a swim meet, with the moral that sea lions are not exactly good at following swim meet rules, ( Read more... )

So mostly a few random Olympics links for your perusal:

1. Over at the AV Club, Ryan McGee takes on NBC's problematic coverage of the Olympics. McGee is particularly good at discussing the broadcast versus streaming options, and NBC's dilemma.

2. Weightlifter Zoe Smith explains to various people that she's not actually doing weightlifting to ( Read more... )

But the Guardian is creating little video reconstructions of major Olympic moments...

...in Legos.

(NBC has photos here.

1. Regarding NBC's Sunday coverage, I can do no better than to quote Jeff Weiner of the Orlando Sentinel: "Dear @NBC, despite what you think, people will turn in in droves to watch live sports on a Sunday afternoon - Sincerely, the NFL." Yes. That ( Read more... )

Admittedly, I did not have high hopes for NBC's Olympic coverage to begin with. But, yesterday morning, I staggered out to realize that, gasp, NBC was doing something unusual: showing sports. (I KNOW!) The event in question was the men's cycling, which was pretty awesome even if the NBC commentators were under the impression that it was actually ( Read more... )

NBC: Fail ( Read more... )