Rainbow Icons

Sports was featured last night as in the Sport Report. In what was a big surprise to some, but probably not to others, Alex Rodriguez, or The Rod, will be suspended from baseball for 400 years for using performance enhancing drugs.

Not to worry if you need to watch sports. The Winter Olympics are coming soon. This year the Games will be in Sochi, Russia from February 7 to 23, 2014, or if you are over there, they will be from 7-23 February 2014. Take a look at the official website using that link right up in first sentence. Lots of information and a really cool chart that shows which events will be held on which days. There's great color-coded icons for each sport, so it's easy to see on that chart which of your favorite sports is happening on which days. My favorite, Curling, is listed 6th on that chart. Never mind that the sports are in alphabetical order. I still think it's because Curling is so popular that it is near the top of the list. It looks like the USA Men's team will be meeting Norway for their first competition. Oh I hope the USA Men's Curling Team has great fashion designers working on their uniforms. Those Norwegian Men can intimidate you just by coming on the ice in their bold uniforms. So go look at the Winter Olympics website. I absolutely love the rainbow color theme used for the chart and sport icons.

You can also go over to the website and support your team. Right now, here's the Likes:

Russian Fed 344
Latvia 232
Lithuania 134
Canada 108
Ukraine 62
United States 60
Belarus 41
France 32
Kazakhstan 25
Japan 22

As we get closer to the Olympics, I'm sure those numbers will go up.

Delegate member and tennis great Billie Jean King did show up to discuss going to the Olympics as probably the most famous gay athlete. She said she won't protest, but if the media asks questions, she will give them answers.

Deborah Solomon was Stephen's guest last night. She has a book out now about Norman Rockwell - "American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell." Stephen likes Norman Rockwell's art because it is realistic. He can look at a painting and recognize it's a painting of a mailman.  We got to see some of the more famous paintings of Norman Rockwell and we got to hear Stephen sound exactly like a cultured art critic. Deborah Solomon explained to Stephen that Norman Rockwell believed in equality, and tolerance and voted for JFK and LBJ. Their discussion was a little loud and almost confrontational at times which seems amazing, considering they were discussing Norman Rockwell.

Quadrennial Cold Weather Athletic Competition

So, Stephen Colbert's brother, Edward T. Colbert was on briefly tonight. He is a copyright attorney and partner for the Washington D.C. firm of Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP. Ed advised Stephen not to be using copyright names such as Vancouver Olympics, thus Quadrennial Cold Weather Athletic Competition. Highlights of tonight's show include a Goodyear Aerial Cam and a homemade sign in the audience that said, "Marry Me Stephen It's Legal Here."

Also he mentioned the English to English Dictionary that he used when talking with Canadians. He mentioned, among other things, that what we call Canadian Geese, they call Canada Geese. Oh, Stephen, everyone knows that the geese are not citizens and they can not vote. So they are not Canadian, they are just plain old Canada Geese.

Mr. Colbert had as his guest Shaun White, Gold Medalist Snowboarder. And on a note of being completely honest, I will admit that Stephen Colbert did not wear those famous Team Norway Pants as I had predicted/hoped for in my previous post. He was dressed conservatively (duh - of course) in white slacks and a navy cardigan with red collar.

I look forward to Tuesday night's show for more Vancouverage of this Quadrennial Cold Weather Athletic Competition.

Vancouver Olympics

Stephen will be back on the air tonight with a new show. What will he talk about? Well, so much has been happening at the Olympics up in Vancouver. He could talk about the city, the weather, the food, the people. But chances are he will mostly talk about himself. And why not? Isn't that what most people are interested in?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he will at least mention the Team Norway Pants. I'm thinking he might even own a pair just like it by now. He is a fashion icon, so that's just logical thinking that he would do that. If you watched any of the Curling when Norway was playing, you will know what I'm talking about.

So, watch tonight and then come back when I either claim to be psychic or else make up some excuse why Stephen didn't even mention the Team Norway Pants.