Lessons learned

We are midway through the winter Olympics. I have seen more events this year than any other winter in my life, including some I knew nothing about pre-Olympics. In particular I learned a lot about curling and figure skating. Here are my lessons:

• The Russians have won gold medals in pairs figure skating every Olympics since 1964! A streak broken this year
• Curling is shufflepuck on ice; the US is terrible at it. Tragically terrible. We constantly lose games by missing a routine last shot.
• I can't tell whether a figure skater is doing well or poorly. The figure skating commentators insist on helping me with lots of dead air during the events. Maybe thats what happens when tennis players pretend to be experts at figure skating. Why don't they hire Lee Corso to tell me about the biathlon.
• In American male figure skating, your fame will always be exceeded by the funniness of your name^†
  
• Shaun White is awesome.
• Its warm in Vancouver, even in the mountains.
• Riding a sled 95mph is dangerous.
• Racing is more exciting than jumping.
• Falling is more exciting than skiing fast.
• The following sports rock - Snowboard half pipe, Snowboard cross, and short track speed skating
• The following sports decidedly do not rock - Figure skating, ski jump, luge, bobsled.

^†Know this guys name? If his whole name was a body part, what would it do?