Thank you Olympics for just over two weeks of guaranteed television watching. Thank you for instilling a sense of Canadian pride in this English born, not usually very patriotic,  non sports fan (besides my TFC boys). I admit it. I watched you all the time. It started with an innocent opening ceremony, shared with many people on Twitter. Then suddenly I realized that I was becoming addicted. When I checked my feed on the days that followed, I wanted to watch what people were writing about. It became a drug.

Just like the internet gave Obama a presidential vote boost, it also added a great sense of sharing as we all nerded out and annoyed our followers (sorry everyone) by tweeting about Canada’s glitches, and eventually Canada’s golds. Watching events together though apart in our separate living rooms and bars across the country was seriously, nerdily awesome. Emphasis on nerdily, but also on awesome.

So thank you to those that enjoyed it with us, you rock.

But here’s where I complain, mostly to and about myself.

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