…I was about to write this big, huffy post about how I can no longer drink my favorite mass-produced beers (Franziskaner, Redhook, Bass, Widmer and Boddington’s) because they’re either owned outright or distributed by Anheuser-Busch/InBev, which is what Hensley & Co (aka Cindy McCain’s company) deals with.
And then I read about South Ossetia and realized that I am a petty, petty asshole.
I am not going to watch the Beijing Olympics. I will not have them on our tv at home, period. I will probably go on the Tivo and give everything with “Olympic” in its title three thumbs down. I won’t click on any Olympic news stories, and just might avoid NBC and its sister stations altogether (which will be tough, now that Eureka is back).
This is supremely blowful because I want to see my brother’s friend Amin Nikfar throw shot. I want to see if Dara Torres can kick as much ass now as she did in the ‘84 games. I want to see the cycling and the triathlon and the sheer ferocious beauty of the 100m dash.
But all of that is overshadowed by Beijing’s overwhelming oppression, the IOC’s hypocrisy, and having to listen to Bob fucking Costas drone on and on. That’s just too much bullshit for a man to take just to watch some athletics. So, have fun without me, people. I’ll be in the saddle or the pool or sweating for myself.
