A Nellie Olympics
In the eighth hour of the eighth night of the eighth month of the eighth year this decade – that’s 8-8-8-8, which has to be an omen of some sort — the latest round of the Olympics will launch. That’s right, the XXIX Olympics – still under 30! – will kick-off with Opening Ceremonies at 8 p.m. on NBC Some athletes may skip the ceremony on account of the smog in Beijing, but you can watch it all smog-free — unless you consider alcohol a kind of pollution. In which case, Hearsay plans to have so much fun, it won’t be able to see! — at any number of bars around town, though Hearsay’s most keen on Nellie’s. It is a gay sports bar after all. And what is studying the screen to see which muscular athlete is the cutest if not a sport?. Yes, Mr. Phelps, that means you. Study away, boys….
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