The Olympics

No, not these ones, although they were stupendous this morning. The ones in Italia. Apparently they're starting today in Torino, where Passion Lives - so appropriate in the lead up to V-Day.
(yes, I've been avoiding all things Couric.)

For the first time, eight women carried the Olympic flag: Italian actress Sophia Loren, Chilean writer Isabel Allende, American actress Susan Sarandon, Nobel Peace-prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya, and three Olympic medal winners. They were Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco, Manuela Di Centa of Italy, and Maria Mutola of Mozambique. The eighth was Cambodian human rights activist Somaly Mam.

Very nice. And, with any luck, the US will still have athletes eligible to compete by the time their events commence.