Archive for the ‘2010 Olympics’ Category

Team Vonn Vs. Team Mancuso

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Earlier this year, teenage girls were told to choose between Team Whatever that Gay Werewolf Guy's Name Is and Team Whatever that Gay Vampire Dude's Name Is as a pre-marketing hype for the new Twilight movie. Olympic fans have been given a similar choice on the slopes this year. Though Lindsey ...

Canadian Pie

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

In the movie "Being John Malkovich," ordinary people enter a portal that brings them inside John Malkovich's brain. The other night, I entered a similar portal that brought me inside the brain of a Canadian after USA's 5-3 hockey victory. The following song is a result of that journey. (Remember, if ...

The Face Of Our Curling Woes

Friday, February 19th, 2010

As you were alerted to yesterday, the United States has gotten off to an alarmingly terrible start in the 2010 Olympics in the only sport that matters: curling. Things only got worse on Thursday, as both the men's and women's teams were defeated once again by identical 7-6 scores against the ...

America’s Curling Crisis

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

From the Aleutians to Key West, there's one question on every American's mind: has the U.S. Curling program hit rock bottom? (Also, did you catch the pun there?) The Americans are currently a combined 0-5 in the Olympics, with the men posting an 0-3 mark and the women going 0 for ...

Here Come the Columbus Blue Jackets (They Play Hockey)

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

When you read the headline for this post, did you know before getting to the part in parentheses that the Columbus Blue Jackets were in fact an NHL team? No? OK, well they are. And they're about to make the playoffs for the first time. The Blue Jackets have been in the ...