I don’t know why, but I can’t pull myself away from curling. I still don’t quite understand the rules and I can’t believe that it’s got my rapt attention, but it does. The Winter Olympics are funny that way. If this was on all the time, I probably wouldn’t stop to watch it, but for some reason every four years it pulls me in.
But the big story of these Olympics for me has been the hockey. How is it that NBC doesn’t show these games on the main network? This has been some unreal stuff. The US-Canada game was as enjoyable for me as the Super Bowl was earlier in the month, and with hardly any commercials the tension just builds and the game has an awesome flow. It’s so much fun to watch. I can’t wait for the medal round to begin.
And the drama is off the charts. After what happened in the prelims we are guaranteed that either Canada or Russia will be on the outside looking in. There is so much pressure on Canada to rally that it’s going to be some of the best TV to watch in a long, long time.
And the US team has a legit shot to go all the way. Sure the defense looked horrible at times in the third period against the Canucks, but Ryan Miller was awesome. He’s and Brian Rafalski are the stars of the tourney so far for the Americans. And I love Zach Parise, he plays the game so hard.
Funny though that my wife is also loving the Olympics and we hardly watch any of the same stuff. While I’m all about what’s going on on the ice, she’s about the snow. She loves the skiing — oh and the ice skating, which to me is just horrible to watch. Sure they’re graceful, but to me any sport that is judged is flawed. It makes everything far too subjective and what looks good to you and me doesn’t necessarily impress the German judge.
Nah, give me the Chinesse curlers over the French ice dancers any day. It’s much more fun to watch these girls screaming while the slide down the ice with their brooms.
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You don’t know the rules?!?! All you need to know is the guard, the house and the button. If you want to get more technical, then you have the T, the draw and the hammer (last rock in an end). If there are no rocks in the house and you have the hammer you can rifle it down ice and not score to save the hammer for the next end. I’ve become addicted to it!