Olympics news, musings and interesting crapola.

Howdy and happy Monday, y’all, from your parched pals in sun-baked Texas. The high today was 102°, marking our tenth straight day in the triple digits and our third consecutive week without precipitation. I’ve been hoping that tropical storm Ernesto would swing north after it hits the Yucatan tomorrow, strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico and slam into Houston as a really big hurricane — at least we’d finally get some rain! — but the latest storm tracking map on Weather.com blows my fantasy all to hell.

And now for some Olympics news, musings and interesting crapola.

• U.S. judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Games earlier today after testing positive for marijuana, which he insists he “ate accidentally” before arriving in London. Pass the brownies, Nick!
• British gymnast Beth Twiddle is a classic example of why people with serious dental issues should live in America.
• German gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, age 37, should be spending her money on a stylist instead of a coach. She looks so much like a 15-year-old boy that Sam and I had to rewind her vault performance three times.
• I wish somebody would tell NBC’s windbag swimming announcers Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines to “get a room.” They gaze at each other when they talk, sit so damn close you’d think they’re sharing a chair, and — I swear to God — Rowdy giggles, tilts his head and bats his eyelashes like a girl. (Check out the photo below.)

Holy cow, it’s already 6:30 and I haven’t thought about DINNER yet! Latkes with sour cream is at the top of my list because I’ve been moderately crabby all day (as evidenced by the snarky comments earlier in this post) and nothing improves my mood faster than a greasy stack of potato pancakes accompanied by a high-fat dairy product. Send me an email if you’d like to stop by tonight because I always make extras. Afterwards we can watch a couple of “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” reruns and the Olympics. Thank you for reading this.