Chicago's Terri Stevens designed this samurai spectacular for her drag queen.

Why can't our Terri get some love on "Project Runway"? Thus far on the season, Terri Stevens from Chicago is always the bridesmaid, never immune. And while last night's winner was deserving -- Joe, the straight guy, made a drag queen deliriously happy! -- we can't believe Terri's jaw-dropping "Blade Runner" geisha get-up didn't take the top slot.

And by the stone-faced shots in the green room after the runway, hoo boy, looks like she can't believe it, either.

A CTA worker carrying "Slow Zone" signs would surely be part of Chicago's Olympic opening ceremonies. (Photo illustration by Thomas Conner)

Two thousand drummers drumming! Nymphs, muses and sprinters flying through the air! A thousand Tai Chi practitioners in perfect formation! Fireworks, fireworks, and more fireworks!

Friday night's opening ceremonies to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were a television spectacle like none we've seen in ... well, ever. A cinematic smorgasbord of intense visuals -- and no CGI! -- telling an interesting cultural story, and actually entertaining.

But we couldn't help ask, as we watched each spectacle top the previous one: Could Chicago pull off anything remotely like that if we're chosen as host of the games eight years from now?

It says something about the dreadful results of tonight's "Project Runway" challenge when you can survive after having given the U.S. Olympic team an enormous floppy hat.