Wow. Chicago didn’t get the Olympics. When that bitter pill fought its way down my throat Thursday morning, I had no choice but to take it. Now, I’m a die-hard Cubs fan*, so I’m used to swallowing that pill, but it still just bunched up my panties and made my asshole pucker up tighter than your dad after the 8th day of Hanukkah. I calmed myself using a familiar mantra: ‘don’t fret, little Michael. At least we’ll all be dead soon.’

Most of the time, when I sit down to write, I don't have too difficult a time getting organized. I like to write an outline, I love using roman numerals. But, for some reason, with this column, I've had a little trouble getting my points together. There are some points that I want to make, but I can't make a cogent column that includes all of them. So, while it may be cheap and easy, I'm going with the bulleted list for this one, some assorted thoughts as the Olympics come to a close.

Before we get into the meat of this Week in Review, I want to take a moment and give a gigantic shout out to us here at Steve's Word. Yes, we rule. And even though we make sure to give each other tons of positive reinforcement around our HQ, it's nice to get some validation from the outside world. Last year, we made a great short called Math Bus: Tax Season, a parody of Bang Bus. It was featured for a day on myspace and what a crazy day that was. Well, it's gotten even more crazy this week, as Math Bus appeared as the #1 Featured video on YouTube on Wednesday and was written about on gawker on Thursday. All in all, it was a wild ride and thanks to everyone who watched and commented on the little speck of genius that we've contributed to the interwebs.

Onto the Week in Review...