The amount of pork in the bailout bill is absolutely amazing. Here’s a list from the Tax Foundation and an article from CNN on the same issue. The most interesting pork - an exemption for wooden arrows (designed for use by children) from the excise tax.
That white flag lap last weekend was the best finish to a Nascar race that I have seen in a long time. Here is an interview with Carl Edwards that shows his determination to win at his home track.
If you need me, I’ll be watching the Georgia-Alabama game and posting on Twitter. Watch my updates over there.
Count the number of ASU players on the field.
YouTube - Georgia vs. Arizona State 12 Men on Field Moreno.
Saturday morning (very early) I am heading with my MPA class to the International City/County Management Association’s Annual Conference. I’m really excited about meeting lots of fellow KUCIMATs and learning lots. This is my first professional conference of any kind, so this will be a new experience for me.
The Annual Conference is in [...]
I should be finishing a paper right now, but this quote is priceless. The quote is buried in this post by the Ledger-Enquirer’s David Hale (his blog is amazing, by the way).
Hale discusses Jon Fabris, Georgia defensive ends coach (and special teams coach, I believe), who once coached in the PAC-10 conference. The [...]
This is pretty funny:
Anyways, in the Lawrence-Journal World this week, a reporter by the name of Robert Riley took to the streets to ask Lawrencians about Kansas’ loss to South Florida. While wandering Lawrence’s main drag, Massachusetts St., he ran into a 5-foot-11 male student from Austin, Tx. who is a junior majoring in Economics. [...]
I snapped this Saturday night off of my porch, just after the rain stopped. And after my crazy Friday evening spent avoiding a tornado at Cabela’s (that’s an experience).
Possibly to atone for their collosal failure, ESPN will have a feature on Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno on College GameDay this Saturday. This news comes straight from Georgia Coach Mark Richt’s new blog.
Richt says that the segment should appear between 10am and 11am Eastern. Hopefully someone will put this up on YouTube, since I [...]
This evening I updated all of my WordPress-running sites (including ChrisMLindsey.com) to WordPress version 2.6.2. Let me know if you see anything awry with the site. And if you run a site (or sites) on WordPress, makes sure to update. I can’t wait for WordPress 2.7!