Winter Olympics: Making them Better.

Tonight's main focus is on the Winter Olympics. It's no secret that the Winter games are generally regarded as inferior or less interesting than the Summer games. Maybe its because the summer games have more variety. Maybe its because the US is better. Is it a lost cause? Or are there things we could do to make the Winter games more interesting? A few ideas come to mind.

1. Ok, the Winter games are definitely not opposed to combining disciplines. Nordic Combined mixes ski-jumping and cross-country skiing. Biathlon brings cross country skiing and rifle shooting together. This is a good start, but why not take it to the next level? For biathlon - replace the rifles with paintball guns and the target range with the short-track speed skating course. Moving targets are much more fun, and throwing the threat of getting nailed with a paintball would definitely change speed skating. I think for the better.

2. Curling is totally underrated, but not likely to gain popularity without a drastic change. So, have both teams go at once. From opposite ends. Here's how it goes. Each country has two teams - 1 team on each end of the ice. At the same time, 1 team from each side shoots the rock. The threat of a mid ice collision would really test their skills.

3. Minimize mechanical difficulties during the opening ceremony. I get that it's elaborate, but if you're gonna have 4 people standing there with torches, you should really have 4 pillars for them to light. I guess China set the bar way too high anyway.

4. The summer Olympics not only have more sports, but they are things which normal people can relate to - running, basketball, tennis. Even if we can't do them as well as Olympic athletes, we can still DO them. The Winter games needs to cater to the little guy as well.
Some potential sports:
-Snowball fighting
-Hot cocoa drinking
-Artistically bailing out of a sled before you hit that tree/fence.
-Snowman building
-Tunnel digging: you have to dig a tunnel and get your team to some location. Tell me you would not watch that.

Just some thoughts. IOC - Call me and we'll discuss.

I must say thanks to everyone for the feedback on the "Williamsburg State of Mind" video. The response has been overwhelmingly awesome. Thanks to everyone who watched it, I hope you liked it! We really appreciate all the wall posts and texts and everything. You guys rock.

That's all for now. Oh and speaking of Winter, here's to hoping that we are finally done with massive snowstorms for the winter. The first one was cool. The one that canceled school for a day was nice too. But at this point any more would just be snowverkill.