Non-Sequitur: the times, they are a-changin'

At my last job, we had planned a ski trip day for the office. One of my colleagues had claimed to be some kind of superstar on the Wisconsin slopes (ha!) which led to another colleague asking, "Do you even own snowpants?"

"No, I don't," he said matter of factly.

"WHAT!" --the response from the two of us, in unison.

"I don't wear snowpants. I wear jeans."

From that day forth, he was forever known as "Snowjeans"--a mocking name.

So the times have changed. Oh, how I eat my words now that the epitome of chic in snowpants as far as the kids are concerned is the faux-jean snowpants. Exhibit: two members of the US men's snowboard team on the podium in their lumberjack garb (<3 Shaun White <3):

So these Olympics have been pretty exciting, eh? Did you hear that for the first time ever, a tv show beat American Idol in ratings! Yes, the Olympics actually beat American Idol in ratings! What I also found particularly amusing is that they've been showing curling after 5pm on CNBC pretty much religiously this last week as opposed to the usual array of FastMoney, MadMoney, or whatever have you. Being a Canuck, curling holds a special place in my heart.