Like the Games themselves, NBC’s Olympic coverage wasn’t perfect, but it was very good. It’s hard to quibble, really, because after all, you can’t not show the bobsled events. (However, you don’t have to interrupt the figure skating gala time after time to show them.) I would have liked a little more of the personal portraits of the athletes that used to be so common. NBC provided a few of these, but not enough to keep one Alpine skier from blurring into another, at least in my mind. I know the Austrians know who’s who on the mountain, but I don’t. One thing, though, NBC: Don’t let anybody tell you there was too much curling. To me, that was the best thing you did in the last 17 days, and I’d appreciate a little continuity of coverage between now and Vancouver. Thanks.

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One year ago: Ambience
"If I’d had a baseball bat or a steel pipe with me, I don’t know if I could have resisted doing some damage."

Two years ago: Blinded By the Light
"That's why I was having tantrums and fits and biting off shreds of the inside of my cheek."

Three years ago: Underbooked
"Who knows what a person would do, given the chance? I'd like to think I'd rise to the occasion, rather than sinking to my basest nature."

Four years ago: Number Two Pencil
"I know why Republicans wouldn't want her to be reelected, because she's an outspoken liberal (yes, there still is such a person), but I can't think why any Democrat would vote against her."

Five years ago: Up to My Neck
"So I do my best to keep him fully informed and out of the loop at the same time."

Six years ago: Who'll Stop the Rain
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