BIG BILLY'S OLYMPIC BITS

I was watching Ping Pong the other day on the Olympics.  He is the only Chinese athlete that hasn't won a medal so I switched it to table tennis.

Gymnast Alicia Sacramone is hot.

Have you ever watched any Field Hockey?  I did.  It is kind of like Soccer only it is even dumber and they all carry sticks.

If you don't think the Olympics are truly an international event all you have to do is look at the athlete's names.  Abdi Abdirahman, Sadam Ali, Bolota Asmeron, and Oluwafunmilayc Jimoh are just a few.  And they are all from the United States...

Diver Kelci Bryant is hot.

There has been quite a bit of controversy over the age of the female Chinese gymnasts.  While I agree that there are several of them that don't even look 13 much less 16, I wonder if it is a good idea to keep pointing out that these babies are kicking everyones asses.

The physique of some of the althletes is scary.  I was watching the female sprinters getting ready to line up for a preliminary heat and it reminded me of the pack of Velociraptors from Jurassic Park.

The whole Synchronized Swimming team is hot.

After a week of watching Michael Phelps performances in the water, I think they should add DNA testing to the drug tests.  That guy has to be part dolphin.

There is no better female sports commentator than Mary Carilo.

This the the last time that Softball and Baseball will be in the Olympics.  I guess that will leave more time to cover bigger sports like Rhythmic Gymnastics and Air Pistol.

SURNAMES

Surnames.  We all have them.  They are part of our ancestry and our legacy.  The phrase "carrying on the family name" is usually spoken with pride.

Some last names are extremely common and some are extremely rare but they all have meaning (this would be a good spot to insert the meaning of my own last name and I probably should have thought of that before I wrote this because I haven't a clue and all my searching comes back empty).

Names like Johnson, Anderson, Isacson and Persdotter were at one time derived from a father's first name; John's Son, Ander's Son, Per's Daughter.

Names like Cook, Carpenter, Plumber and Miller were derived from a man's occupation.

Names like Fox and Bird are taken right from the animals with the same name.

So where did British Olympian Liam Tancock get his surname from?

BIG BILLY'S BITS

In my ongoing efforts to keep you completely up to date with the very latest in what is going on in the world, I bring you something that you have probably not heard anywhere else:  I think it is possible that Brett Favre is considering coming out of retirement.

From windfall profit taxes to releasing oil from the strategic reserve, there have been many suggestions on how to bring the price of gas down but it seems that nothing works better than an impending election.

If my feet were attached to my waist instead of to the end of my legs then my shoes would always be tied.

In what could go down as the worst timing ever for an ad campaign, Greyhound's latest that was rolled out only recently uses the slogan  "There is a reason you have never heard of bus rage."

I am thinking air conditioning might be the best invention ever.  What do you think?