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Yesterday afternoon I went to the Liberty Bowl parade on Beale Street. That was the most boring parade I have witnessed in my 7 years Downtown. Bands, bands, bands, more bands, underage beauty queens, still more bands, the AutoZone tractor-trailer, even more bands, and one or two interesting floats. Ptolemy Kat saw me from the float she was riding on and threw me several strands of beads, but did not respond to my request for her to flash me.
The street was loaded with East Carolina fans. I didn’t realize what a big school ECU was – I looked it up when I got home, and it has an enrollment of 27,000 students. ECU fans outnumbered Kentucky fans about 10 to 1 on the street. My natural tendency was to root for Kentucky because they’re an SEC team and because I like Lexington, but at the parade I decided to switch sides to avoid getting my ass kicked.
Upon a blog reader’s request, I’ve added a shopping site for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to my College Logo Shopping family of websites. That makes 14 schools I’ve built sites for, having already done Memphis and the SEC schools. I’m planning to do the Conference USA schools next, then ACC, but if there are particular schools you’d like me to bump to the top of the priority list, shoot me an e-mail at paul@paulryburn.com.
Restaurant.com has a new promotional coupon code, REWARD, which you can enter at checkout for 50% off through Monday, January 5.
Liberty Bowl is at 4 PM today. I’m undecided where to go watch it. About 50/50 between the Saucer and Calhoun’s. Calhoun’s has cheap PBR and is more likely to have the sound on, but the Saucer has waitresses in miniskirts. I guess it’ll depend on what the Fire Sale is today. ‘Til then, I’ll be working on the personal finance software project. No plans for tonight, but I’m sure I’ll be out somewhere.