This is so kewl. I have always loved to watch the olympics as its a great time to watch, as Al Michaels put it so clearly, “The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat”. I think it was in 1980 that i really paid attention to the winter olympics in Lake Placid and how I got hooked onto hockey, when I watched TEAM USA defeat the big red giant USSR to get the spot fo the gold medal game.

The very kewl thing about living here amongst the europeans is that I get to watch for the second time around, (first being the 2004 Summer Games in Athens) is the 2006 Torin Games are only 1 hour behind our time (e.g. if its 15:00 (3pm) in Helsinki, then its 14:00 or 2pm in Torin).. so again, I am watching it live and nothing taped delayed like it ususally is in the U.S.

More comments to on the olympics during the next two weeks. I think I will be concentrating on the hockey games, and downhill skiing.. Bodie and Palander (the US Guy and the Finn) will be interesting to watch. — sorry everyone -GO FINLAND! =)

Well, I survived a long evening yesterday, or should I say early this morning.. I actually stayed up on purpose and watched Super Bowl XL live with American commentators from 00:50: till 05:15am .. What a game! but a few comments..

1) – Ref’s sucked hard core dropping two big bad calls, one being the touchdown for the Seahawks in the first quarter, and the other with with the Seahaws quarter back being intercepted and then he makes the hip tackle.. that was not a foul..just a good open field tackle by a quarterback.

2) the halftime show was obviously to prove a point why the Rolling Stones never did a halftime show for a SuperBowl in the first place.. ::YAWN:: – I think i actually was able to take power nap during this time..

3) deep down inside i wanted the Seahawks to win but I was joyful for the Steelers winning it. they get their deserving franchise 5th Super Bowl Win, getting them up to the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys with 5 wins a piece. ;)

Overall though it was good game. Though I am feeling already and really exhausted..maybe next time I will watch it live in the correct time zone.. ;)

This picture says it all:

the nokia 3250. Its very kewl and the music player is great!! The best feature so far that i have found is the ability to plug in nomral headphones to the adapter.. WAY TOO KEWL!! :)