Last Saturday of July 2012.

[Greenguy]

Afternoon!

Cleo - there are better ways to clean out your system

So, I fell asleep - multiple times - during the Opening Ceremonies. I saw most of Part 1 of the history lesson (Industrial Revolution, celebrating health care) Was there a Part 2? It's pretty sad when the best part of the event was a B grade Mr Bean performance

It's also nice to see that NBC decided to leave out part of it:
http://deadspin.com/opening-ceremony/

The major transitional element of today's London Olympics opening ceremony was a downtempo performance of adoptive sporting anthem "Abide With Me" by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé. The song and accompanying dance were a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 terror attacks in London that claimed 52 victims days after the 2012 Summer Olympic hosts were named. (It's also been suggested the performance was a memorial to the war dead.)

Regardless, it was a rather significant and emotional moment in the opening ceremony, coming just before the parade of nations—and it wasn't aired in the United States. Instead, viewers were treated to a lengthy and meaningless Ryan Seacrest interview of Michael Phelps. NBC regularly excises small portions of the opening ceremony to make room for commercials, but we've never heard of them censoring out an entire performance—especially to air an inane interview. We've asked NBC why they didn't air the tribute, and if they get back to us we'll let you know what they say. In the meantime, enjoy the performance everyone else in the world saw. [BBC]

Here's what I'll be doing for the next few hours:
http://deadspin.com/olympic-schedule/

Phelps, who just barely qualified for the finals, is racing in just over an hour

Have a good one