OPENING CEREMONY PRE-VIEW
Notes from last nights rehearsal
Clear winners
At the end of the pre-show, I thought nothing would top the three, steam-heated, metal tubes that run above the urinals so that one may warm one's hands before one grabs one's Johnson. This is Utahian ingenuity at its best. Other quality performances were rehearsed by:

1.) Rock-n-Roll Native Americans
2.) The Julie Taymor Ice Dancing Rainbow Trout (I loved them - no kidding)
3.) The Entrance and Ceremony of the Native Nations of Utah
4.) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
5.) and even the Dixie Chicks were actually a lot of fun

The jury is still out on:
1.) Little Red-sub-zero-parka
2.) Mark Twian's rocket shoes
3.) The sing-a-longs (all of them)(Yes, I said 'all of them')
4.) There were no Osmonds. This is Utah, right?

I still don't know who's lighting the torch.

And, yes, I did think about how many people warmed their (pre-Johnson) hands before me. I don't care. It was indescribably cold out there.