Hating on the Winter Olympics feels almost as good as Hating on Canada

February 12th is the big day! Have you planned your Winter Olympics opening ceremony party yet? There's nothing like getting together with the guys to fire up the bbq, drink a few beers and show off your new black velvet shirt with sequin accents and frilly cuffs.

NBC paid more than $800 million for the rights to televise the 2010 Winter Olympics and it was just announced they expect to lose over $200 million on it. To put that into perspective, it would take more than 6 years to count to 200,000,000--and that's without sleeping.

D'ya know what kind of sports people play during the winter? Indoor ones. That's why the Winter Olympics is the stupidest thing ever invented.* Even NASCAR shuts down for the winter, and if you can't get a bunch of drunk rednecks to watch cars drive around in circles for five hours, then you know it's too cold.

Join me on this blog as I bring you breaking news, subjective analysis, and biting commentary about the 2010 Winter Olympics. I'll also throw in some non-Olympic related posts when I feel like it. It's guaranteed to be more exciting than the Cross Country Skiing Gold Medal round.

If his inaugural blog posting has left you feeling a bit disappointed and unsatisfied, don't worry, there's plenty more where that came from.

*Yes, I'm well aware that the Winter Olympics isn't technically an invention. Piss off.