I love the olympics.

Seriously, how often do you get to watch luge or skeleton?!

Unfortunately I have a job that doesn't permit me to watch the olympics live. However, I get the occaisional update via the internets. I'd rather be at home on my couch, or at a pub, watching it live, or in Italy.

Does anyone else think that the medals look like someone glued a couple of CD's together, painted them gold/silver/bronze, and then tied a ribbon on it?
Still, I think they look pretty cool, and rather sturdy. I don't know how many medals I won as a kid only to have the clasp attaching the medalion to the ribbon break, making my medal unwearable. And they weren't even real gold.