I spent the morning sorting out my banking. Nothing major, just closing unused accounts and dumping low interest-high service charge accounts for higher interest ones. Dealing with money usually takes away my appetite but I was totally craving a chicken burrito - spawned by this photo I saw on a friends Fb this morning. ...mmm... Burrito Boyz..

So onto the good, the bad and the fugly - Olympic stories...

Olympic rings...Kerri Walsh (beach volleyball team U.S.A.) lost her wedding ring in the sand during a match against Japan. The match was at 9 am but they weren't able to look for her ring until the end of the session at 3 pm. They used the slo-mo replay to view the trajectory of the ring as it flew off her finger but by then the court had been raked numerous times. It was eventually recoverd by volunteers with metal detectors.

Well, thank god no one saw a bootlegged tape of the opening ceremonies before...uhh, Korean tv what?
There's been a lot of press about how tight security is at the Beijing Olympics. Sherraine Schalm has commented on how difficult it is getting her swords into the fencing venue because the security guard deems her sports equipment as "weapons".
During the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony, security was reportedly very tight around the Bird’s Nest. So tight, that when a performer fell from a piece of scenery, she lay in agony for 50 minutes while paramedics were barred from entering. She is now paralyzed.

Move over Milli Vanilli.
Yang Peiyi, the 7 year old girl with the "flawless" voice who was set to sing the first song of the opening ceremonies was dumped at the last second.
The musical director felt he had to come clean with the world and told a local radio station that, "The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression.
In the matter of her voice, Yang Peiyi was flawless, in the unanimous opinion of all the members of the team."
She was replaced by Lin Miaoke who lipsynched to a recording of Yang singing and then lapped up all the praise for her wonderful talent as she did interview after interview with all of the major news organizations.