This Slate article has four tips for ensuring a strong U.S. medal count.

http://www.slate.com/id/2135954/nav/tap1/

The one about "keep creating a bunch of stupid new sports that nobody else does" rings truest.

What new sport should we invent? Hmmm...

I, for one, do not shed a tear for Michelle Kwan. Sorry if this makes me some mean old monster. She didn't deserve to be at the Olympics. She whined and manipulated her way in. Now she quits because she's still too hurt to skate.

Now, I would feel bad for her if, due to injury, she was unable participate in the Olympic trials and tearfully announced her retirement. I would genuinely feel for her. But to get there as she did and then give the terarful "I'm pulling out of the Olympics" speech, and to hear all the commentators gushing over her......kind of makes me ill.

Being skeptical about everything, I was thinking 'Is this the real reason she is pulling out?'

a good old fashioned backstage clubbing would be entertaining.:eek:

I got to watch an hour of curling or so last night before falling asleep so I declare the Olympics over (for me) and a success all around.

I watched some this a.m. whiling exercising. Some of the US curler chicks are hot!

I'm thinking curling has nothing to do with hair...