It's getting late here at the hospital. I just got back upstairs after a quick trauma. This is sort of depressing. A paraplegic crossing the street in a wheel chair was hit by a pickup truck who ran a red light. I don't know if the truck stopped or what, but the victim isn't in good shape. I'm not sure how she is going to come out of this, but the CT scan of her brain doesn't look all that good. I hope things turn out alright.

More Olympic greatness today...and more controversy. All-American Carly Patterson of Allen, Texas took home her third and final medal of the Olympics today. She won the silver in the balance beam. Also, Paul "my my what an unfortunate voice I have" Hamm took the silver amid more controversy about his competitor's score. Apparently there was about 10 minutes of booing and jeering before he could finaly do his thing on the high bar. Whatever. The Olympics are obviously set up in a subjective fashion for a reason--ratings. There will always be controversy. It's impossibly to objectively rate events like gymnastics or figure skating. And the Olympics don't want it like that anyway. They want controversy, they want ratings, and they want people talking about the night before at the water cooler the next morning. It will never change...and should it really? I love the drama, the stories behind the athletes, and the pagentry. I know all of it is completely commercial, but there is still competition involved. There is heart involved. And when you peel back all the bullshit, it's human against human. Who is the best in the world? Who trained the hardest 7 hours a day for 10 years? It's pure gold.