More Olympics

Well, the Olympics Opening Ceremony was as odd as promised. Very British, very weird, kind of cool -- that seems to be the consensus. I thought the whole torch lighting was kind of neat, with all of the leaves coming together, but that's probably because I was exhausted by that point and anything would look neat. And Bob Costas didn't disappoint -- just as smart-ass-y as I had hoped.

I have been a little surprised, though, that there haven't been more cancer stories when NBC cuts away from the action to give us a human interest piece. Goodness knows there's enough human interest and drama on the court/field/water without having to break away for a short piece on some tragedy. And goodness knows there are plenty of human interest stories that involve cancer-less tragedies. But cancer is The King, isn't it? When you really want to hit them in the Kleenex, you break out some cancer, you know?

Anyway, Uptight Citizens Brigade put together a nice bit of satire called "NBC's Sad Olympics" that covers just this topic. Enjoy. (Especially the anonymous commenter who posted a couple of days ago to a 2008 Lympho Bob post called "More Cancer Humor."  Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, friend. I hope this helps a little. Good luck. And keep laughing.)