You know the song "YMCA" by the Village People? 

Well, today, I taught a group of Koreans how to dance and do the hand signals to it. And we may end up on national television for it. 

(laughing) 

That was just one aspect of my past two days at the Olympics. It has been a wonderful mixture of funny stories, glorious moments and, yes, a little bit of aggravation. 

Here they are. 
 

• In the NASA exhibit, you get to walk through a mock-up of what the planned space station will be like. During our tour, the guide showed us the space-age bathroom and how it worked. As we went on to the next part of the tour, we heard the door behind us make a "shoosh" noise as it closed. Apparently, a child had to use the bathroom and wanted to go where, well, no child had gone before. The mom turned red with embarrassment, opened the door and yanked the kid out.
• I went to weightlifting finals for the 130-pound folks today. It was general admission, and I ended up sitting in a sea of Koreans. They were an utter blast and handed out Korean head-bands to everybody in their section. There were no Americans in the competition, so I began cheering for the Koreans. I started yelling what they were yelling but really had no idea what I was yelling. Then, at intermission, they began playing "YMCA" by the Village People. All the Americans in the place jumped up and started dancing. I coaxed the Koreans out of their seats and began gesturing to them. Before long, they were doing the hand signals. NBC turned their cameras to us, and we showed up on the big screen. I'm wondering if I made it on television.
• When the weightlifter from China lifted the world record, he knew he had just broken the world record and continued to hold the weight over his head for 10 whole seconds. His coach ran out onto the podium, laughing, telling him to drop the weight. The weightlifter did, then began hugging his coach.
• Have you ever been to a sporting event and had people walk in the aisles or walk on the floor in front of you during a routine? Well, at weightlifting, the ushers would not allow anybody to stand up or walk in front of people during a lift. Some people did, and security immediately ran over and told them to drop to their knees until the lift was over.
• A few months ago, I ordered an Olympic brick that was to be placed in the Olympic park. I paid $35 for the brick. When I went to find my brick today, I waited in a half-hour-long line to use the computer that would tell me where my brick is located. When I typed in my name, I got the following message: "That brick is not yet installed." I turned to the attendant with shock on my face. He then went on to tell me that Atlanta never got all the bricks placed in time. In fact, he said, several thousand will be placed in the walkways AFTER the Olympics. Can you believe that? I paid for my brick to be place in the walkway FOR the Olympics, not after.

She told me that her kids love judo, but sometimes that love of judo gets her in trouble. Whenever their grandmother visits, the kids want to show off for her. 

Eventually, one of her kids will come up to her and ask: "Mom, can I pin Grandma?"