Rah rah

Got an email from the big boss thanking us for our sacrifice.  He also said we should thank our families for letting us be away from them.

Thank you, family!

Day 7

Uh oh,

Left my IPhone on the TM2 official Olympic transport.

If you get a call from Kazakhstan, don't answer.

That's the spirit

I love being surrounded by positive people. Someone said to me today: "you think this is bad? Wait till you see Rio." Thanks, I appreciate it.

Thanks once again, Washington Post

Check this out...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/05/15-signs-that-russia-is-not-very-ready-for-the-olympics/?tid=pm_pop

Oops!

I have yet to jog on the path alongside the Black Sea which is in front of my hotel. But I've heard tell of many open manholes along the route from people who have been running there.  Al Spy did extensive research on company time and discovered that people have been stealing the manhole covers. Your joke goes here.

P.S.  After reading the Washington Post piece reporting the nightmares of journalists at their hotels, I feel very lucky.  Also, I'm thinking this room could hold 6 to 8 journalist refugees.  At a couple of hundred bucks apiece, plus the servibar markup, this could become my Putin Olympics if you know what I mean. 

By the way, despite the recent explosion of local development, Sochi lacks any kind of sewer system.  I  won't be swimming in those small rivers with concrete walls anymore.

Absent list

Just heard Tom Brokaw will not be with us in Sochi. He will be doing his stuff from New York. Feel better Tom. You'll always be Duncan The Wonder Horse to us. Sorry I won't get a chance to talk your ear off again.

Sochi joke of the day

Guy walks into a restaurant in Sochi and orders coffee without milk. The waiter says "We're out of milk.  Can I serve it without cream?"