For Michelle

My friend Michele missed out on much of the Beijing Olympics because she lives in Norway and it was not covered as obsessively as it is in the U.S. (NBC paid $500 million for the rights, you'd better believe they were going to show it non-stop). I love the Olympics. The pomp. The circumstance. The pagentry.

Here are some amazing images from the games that will stick with me. I grabbed most of them from This is Life blog. It's great and I suggest you check it out as it's always worth a visit.

Olympic Countdown: Four Days

With four short days until the Beijing Olympics, the excitement it palpable as the world readies to place their best athletes against each other in the human drama of athletic competition, to witness the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!* But most importantly, it's the chance to scope out some hot, athletic meat!

As we draw closer to The Olympics, each day I will submit for your approval, a little bit of eye candy.

Today's candy (courtesy of the fine folks at NBC) are showing off the abs of several players of the United States Olympic Swim Team.

I'll leave it to you to figure out which swimmer is which... if that matters to you.

*"Borrowed" from ABC's Wide World of Sports... is that even on anymore? Loved that show... never would have thought of watching bowling on television without that. Still don't think about it, but back then it was on and I didn't feel like getting up and changing the channel.