When it is time for the Olympics - I end up getting sucked into watching all kinds of sports that I never would think about even enjoying (ice skating, track and field, swimming, etc) and I keep thinking - what is it about these sports that draws me in from “eh…to a heart racing suspense finish.” Normally the last thing I want to watch on TV is figure skating. After about two minutes into the Olympics opening ceremony, I figured out what it is that draws me in - the stories….and everyone seems to have one. The stories make me want these athletes to win regardless of what sport they are participating in. As soon as Bob Costas starts in on a story - I am hooked and all the sudden I want to watch figure skating and care about synchronize diving. I love it an I am so excited the Olympics are on now.

For some Olympic memorable moments, check out: The 5 Most Chill-Inducing Olympic Moments

The city of Chicago is trying to bring the Olympics to our wonderful city in 2016. Yesterday, our mayor unveiled the "Chicago 2016" logo, which I think is awesome. In typical Chicago fashion, the logo contains a reference to our amazing skyline.

Now that I think about it a little bit, it is a little interesting that they used our buildings/skyline in the flame part of the logo since we had a little fire here a few years ago. Sort of ironic/iconic. I like the logo even more now! Great work Chicago! I can only hope we actually get the games here so we can finally show the world how amazing our city is and everything it has to offer.
On another note, go Penn State and the Chicago Bears this weekend. Penn State is playing Michigan...which is always a tough game. On the Bears front, they are undefeated and actually a joy to watch...unlike the last few years of much armchair quarterbacking from me ;).

[tags]Chicago 2016, Olympics, Chicago[/tags]

Yeah, A has nothing to worry about, but I will not lie...I spent a good portion of this evening (while A was not here) with my other valentine: CSS. Why? CSS finally, after all these years showed me some love today. I have been cooking up a new CSS layout and the first check/browser check (6 browsers to start off with) not only validated but everything also looked perfect and worked in IE 6 for Windows and IE 5 for Mac. (Time to download IE 7 beta) I am not sure when I will have the layout/design ready for prime time as this is something I am doing "for fun" in between a few other projects. If things work out, I could have something ready by tomorrow or at the latest by next week. Time to spend sometime with A and the Olympics.
[tags]CSS, Olympics[/tags]