Survivor

Not only is the title today a song title (a little more recent for you younger folks), it's also the show I want to talk about.

But first... 10" of snow fell on Madison yesterday, what a zoo. Today, the clouds have cleared, making way for clear, sunny skies but also frigid temps with it being 10 right now with a -5 wind chill. Not supposed to warm up much. I took this picture at 6:45am as the sun was rising.

Looks very peaceful, doesn't it? Now check out what the snow plows dumped in front of my driveway that I'll have to deal with (luckily we have a Yukon that will go right up and over it this morning).

And on to the Olympics. 2 topics to discuss today. First one is Snowboard Cross. Ok, this is a sweet sport, am I right? It's like motocross but on snowboards and some pushing in shoving since their hands are free. Of course, it's got to be another American invented sport (like half pipe) put in to help pad our medal count. Seth Wescott brought home the gold for the US. The women go today and surprisingly only 1 American woman in the competition. What's up with that? They're all doing half pipe instead I guess.

2nd topic is men's figure skating. I am going to probably anger some people but not likely that any of them read this anyway. I'm just going to say it. A straight figure skater will always beat a gay one. Just take a look at what happened last night and it's oh, so obvious. The Russian (married man) goes out and is methodical, lacks any type of flair or flamboyance, but hits every stinkin' jump, throwing in a quad like it was nothing. Then there's Johnny Weir(d) of the US. He's about as straight as Just Jack McFarland on Will & Grace. I'm pretty sure he was wearing a woman's outfit yesterday. He's got style, panache... his choreography is awesome. Too bad he can't land a jump to save his life. Enjoy 5th place. Of course he storms off like a little bitch when the scores are announced. What did he expect? You fall, you completely miss jumps, you generally look retarded and you expect to be rewarded? Please, girlfriend...

Ok, on to Survivor talk.
After how many years of this I finally have figured out a key component to the game. Never tell anyone that you work in an occupation that is considered "smart". Misty learned the hard way that being an engineer is bad on Survivor because you will get voted out just because you're deemed to be smart by the others. I gotta tell ya, if I was going on that show, do you think I would tell them that I was a software engineer or a computer programmer or a consultant or a business owner? Hell no! I'm a frickin' janitor or garbage man. Or maybe the guy that follows the elephants picking up shit in the circus. But I am NOT smart!

Anyway, she didn't know that (shows how smart she really is) so she's gone. Bye Misty...