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I'm watching some Olympic coverage right now. It's Saturday afternoon, there's not much else on. The fun stuff is on the cable channels, since the flagship seems to be trying to feature the titillating sport of beach volleyball today. That's Women's Beach Volleyball. NBC seems to be focusing on the USA-centric sports, too.
I'd still like to tell NBC commentators, shut up!
Other channels are covering other things. CNBC had women's soccer, presented commercial free. In fact, Women's Soccer is the ONLY commercial free thing we'll be seeing, and they have to make it up by putting on a zillion ads everywhere else. Even the men's soccer games, mostly on Spanish broadcaster Telemundo, has commercials. The USA men's soccer team didn't make the olympics, still proving to me that despite millions of american kids playing this, soccer still isn't a major sport here.
I find soccer infinitely boring.
For a while, CNBC had some fencing. Interesting to see how technology has changed the sport, so now the electrified sabers and touchpad targets are wireless, the masks have plastic windows, and they light up when a touch has been made. Who knew that fencing had gone all laser tag on us?
It's interesting to note that the stands were full for fencing, but the beach volleyball, and soccer stadiums were sparsely attended.
I can't wait for the badminton coverage onGay TV Bravo. Luckily Boomerang is showing a Laff-a-Lympics marathon so we can avoid the boring sports.
On a totally unrelated note, I was saddened by the death of TV chef Julia Child. I didn't really take to her cooking, but her spirit and jeux de vive was inspiring. Of course I liked doing the imitation of her, based on the Dan Ackroyd portrayal. "Save the Liver!"
I remember an early creative writing assignment in high school where I wrote a story about Julia Child in Outer Space, in the style of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide novels. It was actually more fun to read aloud in Julia's voice, as it was written in the first person.
I wonder if we should get Iron Chef entered into the next games.
I'd still like to tell NBC commentators, shut up!
Other channels are covering other things. CNBC had women's soccer, presented commercial free. In fact, Women's Soccer is the ONLY commercial free thing we'll be seeing, and they have to make it up by putting on a zillion ads everywhere else. Even the men's soccer games, mostly on Spanish broadcaster Telemundo, has commercials. The USA men's soccer team didn't make the olympics, still proving to me that despite millions of american kids playing this, soccer still isn't a major sport here.
I find soccer infinitely boring.
For a while, CNBC had some fencing. Interesting to see how technology has changed the sport, so now the electrified sabers and touchpad targets are wireless, the masks have plastic windows, and they light up when a touch has been made. Who knew that fencing had gone all laser tag on us?
It's interesting to note that the stands were full for fencing, but the beach volleyball, and soccer stadiums were sparsely attended.
I can't wait for the badminton coverage on
On a totally unrelated note, I was saddened by the death of TV chef Julia Child. I didn't really take to her cooking, but her spirit and jeux de vive was inspiring. Of course I liked doing the imitation of her, based on the Dan Ackroyd portrayal. "Save the Liver!"
I remember an early creative writing assignment in high school where I wrote a story about Julia Child in Outer Space, in the style of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide novels. It was actually more fun to read aloud in Julia's voice, as it was written in the first person.
I wonder if we should get Iron Chef entered into the next games.
