Blog lite: Not that anyone’s keeping track, but I’ll be away from the blogosphere until Sunday. Also, I wanted to try out my new “travel” graphic on the left.

Jon Friedman on Jeff Jarvis: In a glowing profile of Jeff Jarvis, that even Jeff has to be blushing over this morning, Jon Friedman makes this random observation that is now going to be running through my mind every time I see Jeff of TV or talk with him: “Jarvis’s speaking voice bears an uncanny resemblance to that of basketball announcer Bill Walton.” Yeah, but can he shoot?

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Olympic observations: I haven’t tried to avoid watching the Olympics — I’ve avoided them effortlessly. As this is the first time I’ve viewed the Olympics in the age of DVR (at least in my home), I discovered that I’m watching so much less of “the games.” And what I am watching, reminds me why I only watch these sports once every four years: it takes me that long to remember how few of them I actually enjoy watching. Other observations:

Scott Adams: “I think if I spent my entire life preparing for the Olympics, at the expense of developing any marketable job skills, and then because of a shoelace failure I took a digger on live TV and came in last, no curse words would be sufficient….That’s why I think cursing should be an Olympic sport.”

Frank Deford (NPR): “The Winter Olympics is the “Miss America” of sports.“ (As in, “it’s run its course and seems headed for cable.”)

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