Danny Boyle (and Stephen Daltry, whoever THAT is) has been selected as the creative director of the 2012 Winter Olympics in London. Good choice! Unrelated: remember that part in Slumdog Millionaire…   Read Story »

I haven't really been watching the Olympics. Has anyone? I mean, I know that millions and millions of people around the world have been watching the Olympics, but they don't count. I turned the…   Read Story »

For the gold. (Via WarmingGlow.)   Read Story »

A pole dancing studio in Utah has started a petition to make pole dancing a sport in the 2012 Olympics. FAIR ENOUGH. I am not about to come to anyone's work and slap the pole out of their crotch. But…   Read Story »

Apparently Jackie Chan participated in the opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics, singing in a choir. But in case you were wondering whether or not he was upset about the role that he…   Read Story »

gabe: did you watch any of the olympics? lindsay: Well, this morning I turned on The Today Show to see if Barack Obama had announced a running mate, and there was a team of ladies in China dancing to…   Read Story »

I was watching the Olympics last night because I love knowing who can go just a little bit faster at something than the other people who still go very very fast, and as the runners were lining up for…   Read Story »

On this morning's Today, Matt Lauer and Al Roker performed some male tandem rhythmic gymnastics. This video may seem like a couple of high-paid TV personalities just having a little fun between…   Read Story »

Sorry, Michael Phelps, but this is what the Olympics are like to me (via Boing Boing): I'm only HALF kidding. This guy is the best though. "Hem, I can, hem, jump on eggs without breaking them,…   Read Story »

Last week in an "Olympics: Who Gives A Shit?" post I said that we would start covering the world-uniting, inspiring games when they started being funny or when they made "ill-advised trampoline…   Read Story »