Olympics

My dh and I were watching the Today show this morning--and we got to wondering when the opening ceremonies were actually happening--since they are on US tv tonight at 8:00. I got online and finally figured out that they happened at 8/8/08 at 8pm Beijing time and what we'll see tonight is tape-delay. Usually I don't mind tape delay, but it was difficult even on the web site to determine that the actual event was taking place this morning. There are video feeds that are blocked for the US. I was trying to find results for events that were already over but nothing was posted yet. I just wanted to look at archery and shooting, not the most popular sports. I don't see how anyone would care if you could find out the results early. It's amazing that a) there's even technology to do this, and b) that nbc has that much power. Either that, or the IOC is really slow at updating the website.

My son asked about the air quality and I found this site--the BeijingAirBlog. The current conditions in Beijing were "Haze" this morning. I really hate air you can see!