Olympic fever

My life has been consumed by the Olympics of late. Long days, long hours, and my ass is sore a lot from simply sitting at my triangle desk pounding away at NBCOlympics.com. Yet I never feel bored and often overconsumed by the amount of work it takes to keep a website updated constantly. I've been given the duty of updating the top story on the Olympic Zone sites almost hourly, so wherever you are in the country, it's quite possible you can see what I'm posting on the site. Just go to the site, plug in your zip code, and you'll have access to localized tv listings, stories on local athletes , and then all the cool stuff like video games, sport previews, photo slideshows, video clips etc. It really is mind-boggling how much junk is on the site. If you missed something on TV, like a short program in figure skating or the final race in snowboard cross (which you need to learn about), you can check it out if you're on DSL as if you're watching it on NBC.

I paid attention to the Olympics when I was a kid, but I'm far more informed and interested in this one. There's compelling athletes, new sports, and it's just been exciting working in the high-profile project that a few million people are visiting each day. Surprising my favorite sport to keep up with has become curling. I've really enjoyed learning how to play the sport, and just think it's interesting. It is "chess on ice." Also, the snowboarding events have been fascinating --- I've been a life-long skier, but even I say comfortably that you need to check it out.

Blogs and photo slideshows have been by far the most popular things on the site. Make sure you check some of these links out:

• A Bonspiel blog -- (Bonspiel = curling) from the curling club president in Fairbanks, Alaska. He's working for NBC in Torino.



• Willie's World -- KUSA (Denver) photojournalist Brian Willie has a photo slideshow blog he's producing from Torino.



• Perk's Blog -- KARE 11's Eric Perkins is also in Torino, and he's got some funny thoughts in his blog.



• OOHHH so hot! -- America's Sexiest Olympians



• Snowboard, ski, and bobsled online -- VISA made a cool and FREE game you should check out.