Now, without using Adspeak, I'll defend this.

The image to the left is the image that will be used for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. There has been a lot of discussion in the news and sports worlds about this particular logo. Most people are, in fact, pissed about this logo. Many say that it reminds them of street art a/k/a graffiti, and that it is an eyesore. Others say that it is a defamation of the long, illustrious history of the Olympics. I say all of these people are wrong for one reason: Day-Glo.

To respond to the negative nellies in the crowd, this logo is totally legible and completely says 2012. I don't even have to think about it. It's right there in clockwise order no less. Those folks are clearly out of touch. They can probably remember Greg Louganis winning back in 1984 or Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile.

Old fogies aside, a lot of people are saying this new logo is ugly. I would maybe agree with them if this logo didn't use something that I completely love, which are day glo colors. The fact that this Olympics has taken on such a rave feeling is amusing for now, but it will soon become an outdated relic for its time, much like the new rave movement in England which has adopted the bright colors, a seeming meaninglessness of action, and never-ending partying that signified the past rave movement. But, like with the new and "old" rave movement, we should celebrate the vibrancy and image now instead of letting it be criticized and decried. We live in the now, not in the future, not in the past. Let's celebrate this logo in the now because it is cool and fun. We will wake up in 2012 and see this logo again. Some might wonder. Some might hate. I'll still like it because it will remind me of a special event and the spirit of that event: drug-fueled dancing in clubs and really bright colors. I don't just like that prospect. I love it.

Look at How Much Money We Spend on Defense

Top Ten Defense Budgets Internationally

USA - $466bn
China - $65bn
Russia - $50bn (est)
France - $45bn
UK - $42.8bn
Japan - $41.75bn
Germany - $35.1bn
Italy - $28.2bn
South Korea - $21.1bn
India - $19bn

We spend over 700% more than the second place country! Why do we spend so much money on defense. Oh, right, we're still working on the missile defense system from the Reagan era (you know, the one with the video), it's just that no one talks about it anymore in the mainstream media. It's too busy dealing with Dannielynn's father's extended court battle with Anna Nicole Smith's gold digging estranged mother. Honestly, you think that this interest in the child is sincere?

A Stand for Beth and Keira

I don't normally come to the defense of people in showbusiness, but I will here for Keira Knightley, the waifish and oft-criticized star of the Pirates of the Caribbean films. In an article in Metro, Knightley said about Lesbian garage goddess Beth Ditto of the Gossip:

'When she was performing she started taking all her clothes off. I stood there watching her strip, thinking, 'Oh my God, that woman is so sexy. She has the most amazing body.' She added she wishes she 'had a body like [Italian actress] Monica Bellucci, which is just so womanly, female and curvy'.

Everyone went batshit because she volunteered that she may want to be a bit on the heavy side, but I think that everyone is missing the point of her comment, which is put into further context by the comment about Monica Bellucci. Bellucci is a shapely, fully figured woman. She's not as big as Beth Ditto sure, but Bellucci and Ditto share comfort in their bodies, something that I don't think that Knightley has, especially as a very thin woman who is constantly criticized for causing the death of a youth. She just wants to be a larger, fuller bodied, more confident woman like Ditto and Bellucci. I hope that no one thinks that anything is wrong with her because of it, especially wanting to look like Bellucci. Yowza!

Additionally, while I'm not really that into larger ladies like Beth Ditto, she's hot in a very bizarre way. She oozes sexuality from every pore. Seeing her strip at a concert with all of the heaving flesh, there's something very erotic about it. Like Keira, I have to agree that she is sexy. So sexy: that's a bit of a reach.

Another hat tip goes out to Keira Knightley for actually wanting to slow down and live a normal life for a while. Lindsay Lohan could learn a lesson from Knightley, who has rejected partying and the hard-charging lifestyle preferred by the Young Hollywood jetset.

Lastly, Keira Knightley has warmed herself to me in a way that only she could:

The star also admitted that, unlike some celebrities who don't like to be seen wearing the same thing twice, she sometimes wears the same clothes for 'three or four days straight'.

'If I find something I feel comfortable in, I'll just stick with it,' she said.

I think that I'm one of the few people in the world impressed by someone saying they walk around in the same clothes for days at a time. I think I only am because I do it all of the time. Yea, I said it and I'm not ashamed.