The World is Watching

The Games Begin.

NBC has begun its coverage of the Winter Olympics. Their opening preview was filled with super-saturated colors, wonderful videography, smiling intense athletes, purple prose are the standards for this kind of show.

Tragedy struck first, though. The luge athlete killed as he flipped off the track and careened into a post. It couldn't be ignored, of course, but the news did it's job and now it's time to play the games.

But there were also the protesters. Money (lots of money) spent, incredible security and lots of homeless people brought out those who want to advocate for those who are the unseen.

It is, in other words, the world in some kind of microcosm. Sure, it is over-hyped. But it is fun. Sports becomes metaphor; athletes become heroes; victory and defeat become world-shaking. Again, it is fun. It is entertainment. It is Big Business. It is a great mid-winter escape.

I won't be watching all of it- too many other things going on. But it will be a good time.

Enjoy. Go for it.