Radio Free Mel

So is it just me or do you feel that these Olympics were in some way different? We had the best showing ever. We broke the record for gold medals. We had unprecedented coverage with 10 different networks broadcasting the games.  But that isn’t it.

We are the host country but that too isn’t it.  There [...]

After my Opening Ceremony rant I am glad to be able to write about how well VANOC and the broadcast consortium have managed to pull it together and deliver with greatness.

The first four days were enough to drive any organizing committee member and volunteer crazy.  The accident, bad ice and lousy ice machines, [...]

Bad karma is everywhere at the start of the Vancouver Olympics.  There is no snow in the mountains, tragedy at the luge track, malfunctioning hydraulics during the opening ceremonies preventing the proper raising of the Olympic flame cauldron, and 25,000 protesters in the street.

You have to wonder what kind of dark cloud has enveloped the games.  Instead of [...]

On a daily basis I see behaviors which to me appear grounded in a lack of self confidence.  Kids succumbing to peer pressure or the must have clothing labels. Collegues who opinions blow in the winds of peer or manager statements.  I have seen people abandon their professed friends when they are being treated poorly for [...]