August 28, 2002
Lilly understands much more than
Lilly understands much more than
she gives herself credit for.
Oh, and her birthday was Tuesday. Happy 22nd, Lils!
CNN reports that New York
CNN reports that New York and San Francisco are the
finalists for the U.S. bid for the 2012 Olympics. I'd love to see San Francisco win the U.S. bid and have it go on to host the Olympics. Opening ceremonies at Memorial Stadium at Stanford would be incredible. In the 1996 Olympics, Stanford-affiliated athletes won more individual gold medals, 12, than all but six countries in the world. It'd be great to see them put forth a similar performance on their home turf.
Bill Bumgarner notes that California's
Bill Bumgarner
notes that California's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants hasn't hurt bars' revenues and has improved the health of bartenders statewide. I'm glad to hear that -- the smoking ban is one of the reasons why I liked living in California. Since that ban, it's been a little odd (and disturbing) whenever I walk into a restaurant and am asked, "Smoking or non?" Of course non, and hopefully no smoking anywhere around me either, thanks.