Oh yes, Candeloro was the king of giving zero fuck about proper clean technique!

They will always be one of my faves just because they kept pushing and doing weird things, even if they didn't always work well. Goddammit, they tried it. Disappointed their long program wasn't clean, even if it did keep them on the podium.

He was never my favorite competitive skater when it came to non-jump program content (no choreographic content and program component scores that were always wildly inflated), but I will always have such respect for his longevity and that he won 4 damn Olympic skating medals.

It was popular speculation on skating forums and such that he'd withdraw from the individual event because of the beating his body's taken, but the Russian federation or some powers that be didn't want him to withdraw for medical reasons until the very last possible second to as to not raise suspicion that this was…

That dude has some wowza moves and artistry not usually seen in a skater his age with that little international experience. Of all the non-medal contention skaters to make it to the long program, I was most excited for him. Here's hoping he manages to hold his own tomorrow and can get some momentum.

Honestly, I thought a silver was too much for him last time around with basically the same program. You have to figure there would be some kind of riot if he doesn't get a medal of some kind, though maybe I can live in hope that they'll pass him over since he got a medal for the team event...?

Eh, have to disagree about him being the heavy favorite for individual gold. Canada and Japan both have serious gold medal contenders in this field. Patrick Chan of Canada is the current and several time over world champion. While Plushenko is super well-respected in the field, he's not a young and spry as he used…

She has what some online forum posters call a Vagina Hinge, the better to extend her free leg further than no human should be able. (See also: Sasha Cohen)

If there's one advantage to having an incredibly oily face, it's the not having to worry about wrinkles yet part. And that's about the only advantage I've been able to suss out and need to remind myself daily as I douse my face in witch hazel and tea tree oil.

It's like Snake Juice: high-end, VIP, exlcusive.

A few years ago, I stopped soaping up every time I took my daily shower, mostly as a time saver, and cut back to 3-ish times per week. I was happily surprised to notice my skin was less dry and I had less bacne—yay! This also meant I used body lotion less often, another time saver.

THIS. Nothing makes me annoyed faster than when the NBC sports promo people deem someone the Next Great Thing in skating and then proceed to shove him/her down our throats. I find Gold's skating perfectly fine, but NBC's/USFSA's packaging of her grates.

This.

For sure. She and Mao Asada will be rehashing Vancouver 2010, and all the rest will be fighting for bronze.

It sucks to say because I enjoy Mirai Nagasu's skating very much, but Ashley Wagner is the more reliable skater in competitions, particularly the past couple of years. When Mirai is on, she's WAY on, but when she's off, she's WAY off, and you never know going into a competition which way she'll go. It doesn't help…

I think the U.S. ice dance pair Davis and White stand a good chance for the gold—IDK, I haven't been able to watch any of the ISU Grand Prix stuff this year, so that may not be the case. They only just missed it in 2010 and are as good if not better since then. It's annoying that NBC's coverage of figure skating in…

I remember the first time I got one in 1996 and had no idea what it was when my dad handed it to me. I learned fast. And every time after for years to come, that was the thing I looked for in the mail. I wanted Addy so bad, I remember when I decided to buy her, it was months and months of allowance savings before my…

This seems pretty no duh, and I even learned this fact from an episode of House, like, 8 years ago. It's because you pee out the nutrients in the vitamins before you absorb much of them, making them pretty much useless in most cases.

I see stuff like this and think of my empty, musty clap-trap of a womb and how I will never use it for the reason God/Spaghetti Monster/This Lady say I should. I then cackle in delight because the best thing to do in response to this is whatever the fuck I want.