Farewell

Another Summer Olympic Games has now come and gone and we have to admit, we feel a little empty. It was a fortnight of true entertainment and it will be missed. (Now we go back to late nights of Bob Ross painting nature scenes with garden tools.)

With the vast majority of American athletes carrying themselves with pride and class, we found ourselves cheering on the good ol US of A more than we have in years, and it felt good.

Probably with little surprise, we again found ourselves drawn to the obscure sports--our favorites being team handball, kayaking, and weightlifting--but with Phelps, our two little gymnasts, and "The Redeem Team," we even got caught up in the big name sports too.

So thanks Olympics, you purveyor of thrilling competition, goodwill, artistic beauty, amazing feats of strength and speed, tears of joy, tears of disappointment, cultural enlightenment, and smoking fine Paraguayan javelin throwers.


To bid the games adieu, below is the long version of the spectacular Nike commercial for Team USA hoops. Thanks to the wonderful performances of our nations competitors, we find it fitting to play the best ever version of our National Anthem.



(When we first saw this commercial we went nuts. It combines perhaps our two favorite things -- basketball and African American soul singers. We've had Mr. Gaye's version of The Star Spangled Banner on our iTunes for years now, and it is one of our most played songs. We know it's the National Anthem and all, but we often just groove to it. DAMN!!! If anyone could claim more conquests than Chamberlain, it had to be Marvin Gaye. If we had been slutty white chicks back in the late 70's/early 80's we would have totally...)