A Grand Lynching

Billy Lynch is considered the Godfather of Metro. He's been through six different mayors over 45 years and run many different departments from HR, to Fire, to Public Works. I never met him but Mari knows him pretty well (I secretly think Mari is the other Godfather of Metro, literally everywhere I go everyone knows who she is, but that's another story.) He's a powerful player and he's retiring. When we got invited I thought, being such a popular and influential guy, there'd be decent crowd, a few hundred maybe? He packed an entire ballroom to standing room only, it was pretty amazing. It says something that with Mayor Dean sitting right there (along with Phil Bredesen, Bill Boner, and with Bill Purcell Skyped in) more than one speaker called him the real Mayor of Nashville. Dean didn't look too thrilled about that. Anyway, it was fun and a very interesting peak into the history and politics of Nashville. Oh, and he had cookies.

Mixed Emotions

I was always against the MCC. I thought it was a big waste of money and a lot of what I read said the numbers they used to justify its construction (such as ROI from conventions) were very inflated. That said, it really is impressive inside and very pretty. If they had to build it, it seems they did it right.

Getting Centered

We went to the new Music City Center for the first time, having been invited to Billy Lynch's retirement gala. I was almost as interested in seeing the inside of this building as I was in the party.

Carpet Bagger

I got to help decide what our new carpet and tile should be at work since they wanted a man's opinion on the formerly all female panel. Here's my pick (trust me the others were worse.) Nothing but cutting edge, exciting news here at Snicker Snack.

Two Cute

Mad likes watching the show Too Cute on Animal Planet.

Starry Made Of Stars

This is a repost of something Amanda sent me (special thanks to her) that I had to put up so I'd have it saved somewhere. It's Starry Night made up of images from the Hubble Telescope. Very cool!

In Soviet Russia, Subway Takes You

Metro: Last Light, the sequel to Metro: 2033 (which I played but I can't find the post to link, so maybe I didn't blog it.) Kind of the opposite of Far Cry 3 in that the gameplay was only average, but the story was fantastic. Which goes to show the story is the thing, because despite playing it for much less time than FC3 I'm walking away from it with a better impression. Also, this game was made by a Russian studio, takes place in Russia, and has some interesting peeks at different cultural views and legends.