by the way...

and I do know that I'm a day late on this one, but...

Rick Sebak's newest Pittsburgh documentary Underground Pittsburgh was really, really good. As usual, his stuff is fun, educational, laid-back and interesting.

And if you missed it, it will be on again, Sunday at noon.

Also, he has another national project underway, called something like To Market, To Market, about farmer's markets and other outdoor sales settings. So all my non-Pittsburgh friends can catch some Rick soon too!

River's up.

It has been just raining cats and dogs, so of course, the river is up. Actually, all three rivers are up. But the Allegheny is the one I usually focus on.

I live near it, I work near it. In essence, it is "my" river.

And it is up.

Which means construction on the North Shore Connector will likely screech to a halt.

Listen, do you hear that? The sound, like water rushing? Yeah, that's your tax money going down the drain on that silly wasteful project.

basic economics

I recently read that Mayor Wonder Boy (Luke Lip-Synchin' Ravenstahl) drinks something like 12 cans of Diet Pepsi a day.

A day!

I'm kind of alarmed by this. I mean, that has to be taking a toll on his health. The sounds like way to much caffeine consumption. And it will turn his teeth brown. Just bad news all around.

However, this is not what concerns me the most. What concerns me is the economics of it all. It just isn't very economical to drink 12 cans of Diet Pepsi a day. Everyone knows if you are going to drink that much soda, er, I mean pop, it is so much cheaper to buy it by the 2-liter.

Man, and we want him to take care of the budget of our city?