Considering the American women won something like 60% of the U.S. medals, perhaps NBC should rethink their views of women. But of course they won’t. They’ll just scratch their heads and wonder why Olympics viewing is down 17%.

Oh, boy. That’s not a good sign—because Kupets does NCAA coverage, and I think she’s pretty terrible (although, as a gymnast, I loved her).

I rewound and turned on the closed-captioning for that bit. The smarter-than-Lochte cc person rightfully corrected it to “immature antics.” I’m sure Locthe was thinking of tantric sex (or, in his mind, “tantrics”).

Do they have meet-up groups where you live? They’re great for meeting people with similar interests. I love my book club meet-up.

Your story/struggle always make me feel so much empathy for you.

I’m really sorry. That’s terrible. Keep on keeping on. You got this!

Don’t forget The Columbia restaurant. My Sicilian great-grandparents owned a bakery in Ybor when my dad was a boy, and it was standing even then.

I used to sew my own. Yes, yes I did.

Are you serious? We curled our bangs every damn day in the 80s. Every DAY.

I watched a wonderful documentary on Russ & Daughters, but I’ve still never gotten over there. :(

Are we seriously losing “The Nightly Show” and Gawker in the same week? Grr. Fuck this.

My FB comments have been “not sticking” all week. If I hit again, they stick. I think it might just be a FB glitch. Don’t feel bad.

I just want you to know that some of us “sports girls” who went to giant state colleges (“sports colleges,” if you will) love Deadspin and read it religiously—you know, lest you think it’s all dudes all the time. Don’t ever change.

To simplify: It’s a double layout with a half twist at the end.

That’s not 100% true. The trick is to try ALL the NBC channels. Like, I got to see some very light women’s weightlifting events today (“light” as in weight class). A Thai woman battled with an Indonesian woman for gold in the clean-and-jerk competition. They were itty-bitty badasses (and not American). One of the…

French gymnast. DO NOT Google it. Even a tiny 1/2" x 1/2" pic is devastaing. I was trying to avoid the visual but some asshole put it in the lead. Made my heart leap into my throat as it I were having a heart attack—like that terrifying physical feeling when you fall backwards in a chair. (And I DID gymnastics at that…

#shamecrush #girlcrush Britney Spears

I really love the (Christmas?) one with Toby and the homeless war veteran’s coat. Or, actually, Toby’s donated coat on the vet. SUCH a great ep.

I’m a real sports girl, so I love Deadspin. It’s hit or miss in the comments, but generally ok. And funny.

My brother’s elderly neighbor bakes him a pie for every holiday, so since he comes to my parents’ house we all get to eat it. She’s in her 90s, I think. (It’s Florida.) Here in NY, my upstairs neighbor (who did so much work around our small condo bldg) moved away last year. It’s very different now. I try to do what I…