A slight lull in the action....

Loyal Readers:

We apologize for the lack of posts over the course of the last two weeks. We've been distracted by the Olympics, particularly the curling and the nordic combined.

On the curling front, was anyone else amazed by Canada's Kevin Martin aka K-Mart/The Old Bear? We found him to be a magician on the ice and gained a new appreciation for the sport. Now we need curling to take off in the USA!

And how about the American nordic combined athletes, especially Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong? It was certainly inspirational to see American athletes excel in a discipline previously dominated by other countries.
 
The only bit of disappointment stems from the ice hockey losses to the Canadians. Contestant #2 is a native Buffalonian, so today's loss in the men's hockey finale was tough to swallow as Team USA's goalie was the superb Olympic MVP Ryan Miller. Ryan, along with Buffalonians Patrick Kane and Brooks Orpik, made Buffalo proud during these Games. And in the grand scheme of things, a silver medal isn't too bad.

Contestant #2 also gives a shout out to bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist Steve Mesler, yet another Buffalo-born athlete.

We hope you all enjoyed the Games as much as we did and we'll attempt to resume our normal posting routine.

Thanks for reading.