Dan McQuade of Philadelphia Will Do (maybe you've seen us mention him) has been assigned the enviable task of getting paid (by Vanity Fair!) to watch television for the next two weeks—specifically, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which kick off tonight on various NBC networks. You can check out his blog, chronicling as much of the 3,600 hours of coverage as he can stand, right here.......

The news has just broken that Philadelphia has been eliminated from contention to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The three cities that did make the cut were Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Houston was the other city eliminated of the five that were under consideration by the United States Olympic Committee. This is bad news, of course, and for a few reasons. First, it would have been totally awesome to see the Olympics......

We know the following isn't really about Philadelphia. But Philly has an NBC affiliate, and therefore, we feel the below still applies - even if it's not in our standard letter format. Think of it as an angry e-mail. Those don't usually begin with the word “Dear.” Damn you, Bob Costas! Damn you for pulling at our heartstrings! Don't toy with us like that! Don't tell us the story of some skiers's paraplegic mother and......