OtP Presents The London Closing Ceremonies "Live"

IMMORTALITY!

This is one way to achieve it.

One hopes Stephan Feck of Germany has a sense of humor about his failed dive, because long after the medalists are dead and buried, he will live on.

Alex Morgan's Knee Smells Like Hurting

We call that in the States a 'Tallahassee Nosejob.'

Team GB Goalkeeper Orders 3 Beers...

...the wrong way, dooming Operation Kino (and British hopes to medal).

Parade of Fictional Nations

The Parade is on!

Read it here at Newsarama

Here is a sample!

The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros

History: Covering a significant portion of the contest of Westeros, The Seven Kingdoms is a fractious collection of individual fiefdoms that are ruled by a single king who holds on to his power with roughly the same kind for ruthlessness that was necessary to secure it in the first place. The land, from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (also known as HBO's Game of Thrones, when not plagued by war is also at the mercy of extreme environmental phenomenon including seasons that last entire years and supernatural threats including fantastic creatures and destructive magic.

Chief Export: Treachery, Illegitimate Children

Flag Bearer: Jaime Lannister

Sport: Fencing

The eldest son of House Lannister, Jaime dedication to the art of swordsmanship is legendary. Thanks to it he has earned a lasting reputation for engaging in swordplay, often times to the death even if his opponent is unwilling to or if he is even facing the right direction at the time. Though this behavior has left him largely ostracized by those of his same social class he draws on the support form his sister with whom he remains very close to. With the copious rules, judges and safety equipment in competitive fencing it is unlikely that Jamie will be unable to (directly) kill any of his foes, but his reputation will cause more then one of his opponents to simply withdraw rather than face him.

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

So eight Olympians got the boot for the worst attempt at gaming the system in the history of sport.

Opie, call me, I smell Oscar!

True Colors Showing

Seen at the Horse Guards Parade Beach Volleyball Stadium 7/30/2012

A full body Lycra Zentai suit decorated with the American Flag. 

Awesome at a stadium, awkward at a customs.

(image (C) NBC Sports)

Separated By A Common Language: "Tickey Boo"

"It was all Tickey Boo"

Is how Opening Ceremony Director Danny Boyle described the production process of the semi-infamous Queen of England/James Bond sequence, the most shocking crossover of fictional characters since The Avengers movie.

So what does "Tickey Boo" mean? According to the Dictionary of (British) Slang it is NOT a way to describe the sound made by a clockwork ghost but actually an adjective meaning:

Fine, all right, in order. E.g."Yes indeed, everything is just tickety-boo, I've never felt better."

So the next time your mom/spouse/The Voices ask you how you day was and you'd rather not get into another argument about how 'eh, it was ok' is not a real answer, try "Tickey Boo" and fight instead about how you don't take other people's feeling seriously.

Coming Soon

The new features:

Separated By A Common Language

-and-

The Parade of Fictional Nations

Stay tuned!

NBC has secretly replaced the regular Phelps

With new and improved Ryan Lochte, lets see if viewers can taste tell the difference.


ETA: I wonder of Lochte likes Quiznos....

I had the weirdest dream last night...

I don't know if you saw the Opening Ceremony, though its likely if you are here you did, but outside of a North Korean Mass Game, that was a prime example of what a shared hallucination would look like.

50% Homer Simpson Halftime show, 50% leak of Scarecrow fear gas.

Anyway, I liked it, or at least I think I did, as predicted I was pretty hammered and didn't even make it to the Parade of Nations sober.

What I do recall is NBC's talking heads deserve a visit to the Tower of London for a lesson about knowing when to speak and when to as the locals might say  "shut your gob."

I Live By The River!

Has it been 2 years already?

Time for the London Games, time plus 2 days actually if you want to count soccer. Which two years ago I didn't care for but now I just love. Something must have happened, brain damage likely.

I'm off soon to watch the OCs and get drunk. The goal is to be hammered old-world style before Croatia comes out. Seeing how there are always more A countries then you think there are, odds are good.

I'm going to try and keep this blog up again for another 26 days, good luck to me (and i guess to all the people who've been working towards this their ENTIRE lives too I guess.)

I'm on Twitter now too @seth410 , lots of stuff there, I'm sure.