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Posted Aug. 14, 2008,
Mr. Mickey is Cuckoo Crazy for USA Olympic Gymnast Raj Bhavsar!!!!
By Mickey Boardman
It's no secret Mr. Mickey has a special place in his heart (and his man panties) for men of the Indian subcontinent. So you all can imagine what the USA Men's Gymnastics team member Raj Bhavsar is doing to MM!!!! Here's a shot (snatched from Towleroad) of the team without their blouses! MM is sweating as he types!
Posted Aug. 11, 2008,
About Last Night... Opening Ceremony 08/08/08 Olympics Party
By Caroline Torem Craig
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Olympianistas flocked to Opening Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Olympics on the auspicious date 08.08.08. The store was stocked with exclusive Olympics related items: an M.I.A. designed t-shirt, Nike's metallic Air Max 1 and LunRacer sneakers, the ultimate "Last Place" ribbon keychains by Philip Crangi and artist End Pin's yellow leather skull key ring, which I fell deeply in love with! All profits from sales went to Chinese earthquake victims.
Outside there were cheerleaders and swimming ribbons that garnered guests of all sorts - spoiling them with tacos from Calexico and Good Humor ice cream straight from an iconic truck.
...And the thing "About Last Night" is that it went on "All of Last Night!"
Posted Aug. 1, 2008,
China's Fashion Police Protect Olympics
By David Hershkovits
While China seems to have loosened restrictions on Internet access to the media during the Beijing Olympics, the fashion police are still out in full force. In order to put its best fashion face forward, "Beijing officials have distributed 4.3 million copies of an etiquette book outlining rules on good manners and foreign customs, including rules about what not to wear." The guide is part of an effort by various departments within China's government to clean the city up in preparation for the at least 400,000 foreign visitors who are expected to descend on its capital for the Olympic Games, which start Aug. 8 (WSJ).
In an effort to make Beijing more civilized, the pamphlet lists a number of no-no's: more than three color shades in an outfit, white socks with black shoes, and pajamas and slippers in public.
"No matter what, never wear too many colors...especially during formal occasions," the book said. "When you wear [formal shoes], be sure to wear socks in good condition...socks should be a dark color -- never match black leather shoes with white socks."
"Older women should choose shoes with heels that aren't too high."
One can imagine protesters dressed like the gentleman shown here being dragged off to jail for violating the no pajamas and flip flop edict. What would Mr. Mickey say!?