So when did you start listening to me?

On the eve of the Bejing Olympics, I opined that no one really watches the Olympics anymore. Of course, I was speaking for myself but also trying to sum up the feelings of a society that I felt had moved on from such trifling fare like synchronized rowing. Boy, was I wrong. An estimated 31 million people (including myself) watched Michael Phelps win his eighth gold medal Saturday night. That's pretty cool. Sometimes, it feels good to be completely wrong.