Though I don’t tend to watch the summer olympics (as I told Eric, the winter ones are more interesting because there’s nothing else to really do in winter), I am tuned into the opening ceremonies.

Watched the delegations from Afghanistan and Iraq enter the arena. The Afghanistani flag bearer was (as Marin noted) female; the Iraqi delegation had an old man who was doing his best to get the crowd to react even louder than the warm welcome they had already provided.

Awesome.