Men's Curling: Germany 7, USA 5; Canada 7, Norway 6

We just got back from curling. It was cooler than I was expecting it to be!

The way it works is, you watch four games simultaneously. We saw the US play Germany and Canada versus Norway. I kinda tuned out the other two matches because I couldn't keep track of more than two games, and actually I only really figured out the rules a half hour before it ended--so I was really clueless.

The US took an early lead and things were looking good, but in the end the German curling machine was just too efficient, and they dominated.

After the USA conceded to the German juggernaut, I figured if we couldn't witness a US win we could at least see the Canadians lose, but the defending champs (Canada won this event in Turin) beat the Norwegians in a tiebreaker for the dramatic finish. Canada has Kevin Martin, aka "K-Mart," who's like the Peyton Manning of international curling, and he scored a bulls eye with the puck on the last play (I have no idea what the correct terminology is), and it was pandemonium at the Vancouver Olympic Center. It was like watching Kobe hit a game winning 3 at the buzzer.

The Norwegians talking it over with their manager...

I never expected curling to be such a blast.