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To the shock of no one, Ricky Martin announced today that he is in fact gay.
In other fabulous news, here is a warm and fuzzy story from Britain. You will note that the country did not spontaneously combust. -
Closing ceremonies
NOT NICKELBACK NOOOOOO ( Read more... ) -
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Something called "I Am Canadian" is up next. I hope it's not a repeat of the beer ad ( Read more... ) -
Closing ceremonies
CTV proudly presents: an inspirational montage, followed by a McDonald's commercial, disguised as an inspirational montage ( Read more... ) -
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The leaders of the First Nations are introduced, followed by Stephen Harper. Harper has not looked interested once during the Olympics, and he clearly does not feel the need to start now ( Read more... ) -
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Things begin with sparks and random bits of debris coming out of the hole in the floor where the fourth cauldron is. A mime (?!) engineer crawls out and the arm finally raises. Catrina Le May Don, looking a little puzzled, wanders out with a torch to finally light her part of the cauldron ( Read more... ) -
A small rant
The women's hockey team won gold today. Yaaaay! Aglow with athletic patriotism, I went to the Olympic store to see what they had, at which point I discovered that "Team Canada" really means "Men's Team Canada". There are player-specific shirts,keychains and car flags, all for the men's team. There is not one thing that is specific to the women' ( Read more... ) -
EPIC FAIL
Tonight was the original dance of ice dancing. All of the dancers have to dance to the same theme, which this year was "World Folk and Country Dances". And this brought about the biggest fail in skating history, the Russian Aborigine dance. There are no wordsLess failtastically, two couples did "American". The Scottish couple were dressed as a ( Read more... ) -
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Damnit LOST, I was out! I WAS OUT, AND YOU PULLED ME BACK IN! -
Get home safe, P!
I'm watching footage of the protesters downtown. Windows are getting smashed and mailboxes are getting tossed around. It's thought that these are foreign anarchists imported for the Olympics. Wonderful.