Is it just me?

Is it just me? Or does everybody get all verklempt when the athletes get their medals? Particularly the girls, just because I think they are better about allowing themselves to cry. And when they cry, I do.

Or at least get all clogged up in the throat and my nose starts running.

And, since I paint portraits, I am particularly fond of the super-close, screen-filling close-ups of the winners as their national anthems play. The stuff that's going on behind those eyes--manomanoman. I love this stuff.

I wonder if this means that my television and cable bill is tax deductible.