I was listening to NPR and Louisville's Mayor was on to provide some lip service about the mortgage crisis. The thing that stood out in his interview was that he emphasized that Louisville was a town of 700,000 people. Now, I admittedly know little about Louisville. I believe I have driven through the town twice in the last 10 years, but the phrase that immediately entered my mine was bullshit. Heck, I always thought one of the advantages the Charlotte 49ers had when Louisville came to visit during their Conference USA days was the Cardinals coming to the "big city" (I am only somewhat joking about that).
Well, wikipedia as always knows all and answered the mystery around this - it turns out that Louisville is a town of around 250k, but they passed a measure to combine with the county 7 years ago. I do not care how they want to reclassify themselves, but you are a shrinking town of 250k, Louisville, and having your mayor throw out some absurd number on national radio just emphasizes some ego problem you must have.
From TMQ today
Obama and Bush have backed higher mpg standards that would go into effect right now. But then, the lesson of Gore's Nobel Prize is that to talk big but do nothing of substance is what society rewards.
I am mostly poking fun at Gore because no one has explained to my satisfaction why he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
It is a shame to see the Bobcats undefeated season vanish after 3 games.
Though it is nearly unbelievable that it was in the discussion after 2 games!
These are probably listed somewhere, but first Google Reader had a difference appearance on the iPhone yesterday (though I am not sure if I prefer it to the more spartan former look) and today there seems to be some differences to Gmail. I guess $700 a share produces subtle HTML changes (plus a mobile OS).
Don Shula wants an asterisk by the Pats name if they go undefeated this year.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3097057
I want that too and I also want my Carolina Panthers Super Bowl XXXVIII Champion T-Shirt.
This reminds me of the asterisk that Harvard must want by Duke's name for winning the Putnam in 1996 because they did not select the right team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition#Winners