emotion

Emotionally, the Olympics - the opening ceremony, mostly - grab me every time. That's despite their being hokum. But it really is the closest thing we have to a shared shallow sigh at a beach sunset, and it is surprising and sweet that we have that. Pomp and circumstance. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. If it were possible to have the US President inaugurated in Europe you might end up with something having the same effect: it would be daft and it would make me choke up.