the "c" word...

a perfect olympic snack...

i thought i'd write about the "c" word tonite but decided against it. it's too easy to sit back and criticise specific canadian olympians... so, i thought i'd just write down a few observations.

1. use reverse psychology for vancouver.
   
2. if athletes think the pressure was great in torino, wait till vancouver...
3. i'm really impressed by athletes who come back from disappointment to do well.
4. i'm even more impressed by someone who unexpectingly does well.

the dream team...

talking about a team that must win, i'm looking forward to watching the canadian olympic hockey team. the possible line combinations are incredible. just think of joe sakic setting up jarome iginla (vice versa) with draper digging out the puck. joe thorton setting up rick nash or simone gagne. damn, there's the ready made line of richards/lecavalier/st. louis. they still have to fit in dany heatley. even without scott neidermayer and ed jovanovski, the defence is still pretty solid.

winning the gold won't be an easy task though. i believe the czechs will be the toughest opponents of all, but we cannot discount the russians, finns, swedes, americans, and even the slovaks.

we will win. the difference? our biggest weapon of all, martin brodeur, is still the best goalie in the universe in my opinion. he had a slow start to the nhl season but he's been standing on his head for the last 6 weeks.

my advice to the boys: win this thing in regulation time.

i can't wait for the gold medal game. i still remember the 2002 salt lake olympic games. i had to work the day of the hockey final (canada vs. usa). dave hooper brought out a tv and set it up in front of the fireplace at chapters. i tried to work but it was impossible. as the game progressed, you could of heard a pin drop in the receiving room clear across the store. amazingly, there were customers walking around... what the hell, eh? suffice to say, they could of walked out with one of those stupid leather couches that day and we wouldn't of batted an eyelash.

x-country skiing...

i'd like to thank the norwegian coach who handed sarah renner, a canadian x-country skier, a replacement ski pole, during the team relay final. the canadians went on to win a silver medal while the norwegian team finished fourth.

to all wacky muslims burning the norwegian flags in cartoon protests out there: take it easy lads, norwegians aren't a bad lot at all. well, not all of them.

dick cheney story won't die...



finally the bush/cheney administration's honeymoon with the press is over.

i guess the iraqi war wasn't sensational enough bring out the media hawks.

stephen harper, you've many things to learn from your right-winged brethren to the south in terms of honeymoon longevity...