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February 2018

On this final night of the Winter Olympics 2018, one more hottie takes the spotlight: Axel Jungk. The German skeleton racer has great hair, and takes a great pic – with or without a shirt. See below. 

The American ice dancing team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates were poised for medal contention after their beautiful short program, but suffered a shocking fall in their free program. Their heartbreak was apparent at the end of it, they both appeared overcome with angst, and with perfectly understandable reason. 

There are some people who watch and wait for the falls in figure skating, then there are the people who have half a heart and some decency. I don’t like seeing anyone fall or fail, but it’s always interesting to see what people will do after it happens. Will they pick themselves up again and keep trying? Will it stall them momentarily, requiring a recovery period? Or will it fell them forever, robbing them of any future? 

Chock and Bates looked a bit shocked when it happened, but they picked themselves up and completed the program. At the end there were some tears, but they had the audience, and the world, suddenly behind them. Messages of support and encouragement flooded their social media accounts. They ended up sending out words of thanks for all that they had received. It was a lesson in life.

That’s the measure of a true Olympian. 

That’s the grace of an amazing human being. 

Every Olympic games has a moment that stays with me and resonates for some reason. This may be that moment for me, and it’s an inspiration. 

As the skip of the Norwegian curling team, Thomas Ulsrud is known for his funky pants, but fans and visitors of this website are probably looking for something that showcases Mr. Ulsrud out of those crazy pants. To that end, I give you this post. The Winter Olympics are featuring Ladies Figure Skating right now; consider this your alternative programming. (Shout-out to Trish for the request!)

The Shib Sibs may get all the online glory, but they are neck-and-neck (and neck-and-neck) with the other American team in Ice Dancing, one half of which is made up of Zach Donohue who gets this hunky spotlight moment on the night they are all competing for the gold. 

Programming Note: this blog usually goes dark on Tuesday and Wednesday, but given the Olympics, there may be some additional hunky posts on those days this week. Stay tuned… until then, the traditional Monday night recap delves into the previous few days. 

It turn out, that Wednesday dark day was also suspended last week with this Valentine’s Day post. Love is all around. 

Adam Rippon remains the stand-out star of these Winter Olympics. 

Finding the way Thru. Or vice versa. 

Blue sky.

Stirrings in the night of winter. 

A winter dinner party planned, and executed perfectly. 

A tale of two scarves. 

Albany Egg.

At long last, Tom Ford’s underwear. (It’s growing on me.)

The sound of Cigarettes After Sex.

Olympic Spotlights shone on Javier Fernández, Jorik Hendrickx and Scott Moir.

Hunks of the Day included some of the Olympic variety, with a few notable exceptions: Morgan Ciprès, Joey McIntyre, Michael Lucas and Brad Hall.

Finally, a newsworthy bearer of heat: Hunk of the Day Paul Caiano. 

As one half of the Canadian figure skating team competing for a medal in Ice Dancing, this is Scott Moir, who will do his best to twizzle to the gold tonight. For me, the best part of the ice dancing is the selection of outfits. Figure skating is, as a general rule, the place for flash and pizzazz, and ice dancers embrace that more than any other genre. As for Mr. Moir, he and his partner Tessa Virtue were the Olympic champions in 2010, and the silver medalists in 2014. That’s flashy enough in itself.