Do you know how to say Beijing?

So, Brian and I have been watching the Olympics 24/7. We were talking about the Games tonight and realized we weren't this excited nor did we watch as much during the Athens Games four years ago. Don't know why that is... maybe the hype about Michael Phelps (who's amazing, by the way) or Shawn Johnson has something to do with it? Brian thinks it is because many of the prime time events are live, not tape delayed. At any rate, it's so exciting!

Also, since I work for NBC and we air the Olympics, we did a story on how to properly pronounce Beijing. Do you know how? Apparently, it's Bay-jing instead of the way most us of say it like Bay-shing. If you listen to Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News, he says it correctly, but some of those reporting on the Games and even Bob Costas say Bay-shing. Just a little tidbit of info, in case you didn't know.

So back to the Games themselves, how many of you are losing sleep staying up watching them or DVRing it? Last night, Brian and I realized our DVR only had 3% available, so we had to start erasing some events. We just entered the DVR world in March and I can't believe we waited that long to get one. To think, we've been recording on tape using our VCR this whole time! And, it's amazing how much more detail and vivid everything is on HD. My station entered into a contract with DirecTV to air them in HD, and there was some concern that that wouldn't happen in time for the Opening Ceremony but it did. And boy, are we glad!

Hope you're enjoying the Olympics as much as we are!