We are NOT one giant snowpack! But otherwise I (obviously) liked this article from the Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...lineHighlights

They are right about the fact that even for those of us who are relatively uninterested in watching sports and could care less about, say, football, the winter Olympics are BIG. The medal winners are household names and guaranteed front pages. I think mostly because most Norwegians have at the very least tried both downhill and xc skiing, and identify with the athletes.

*toot-toot* Go Marit Bjørgen! :-)