The skating rink is dead. I give up for this year, at least. Draining the water down caused the ice to cut a hole in the plastic, which causesd way too much water to leak out. I now have ice that slopes downhill, with a big crack, and no way to fix it (that I can think of). Can't even make use of the rink for fish because of the hole.

Wasn't meant to be.

Wasn't the opening ceremony of the Olympics visually stunning last night? I switched from NBC to the Canadian channel during the commercials, since there was *way* too many. I enjoyed the colors, use of lighting, and of course, the skating. Not sure about the 1980 hockey team lighting the torch, though. Didn't seem to be especially creative.