Let the games begin

Dark and ominous clouds notwithstanding, last night’s thunderstorm turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. Oh sure, it rained, but not a lot, and considerably less than last week, and I don’t remember hearing any dire warnings before that storm.

This evening, I surprised myself by watching most of the Olympics opening ceremony. Here in the States, NBC decided not to air them live but starting at 7:30, some three hours late, with a whole lot of inane chatter over them by Matt Lauer, Meredith Veira, and Bob Costas. Despite that, however, most of it was actually quite moving and well produced. I’m surprised to discover that I actually have some small amount of Olympics fever this year…which I think just means I may watch a little of it now and then, as opposed to ignoring it altogether.