And then there were four: Boston is giving tours to Democratic National Committee host officials who will select the site for the 2004 national convention. Pittsburgh was on the original list of ten, but never really had a shot and dropped out early in the process. Some say Pittsburgh was on the list as a favor to Mayor Tom Murphy, who endorsed Ed Rendell in the Pennsylvania governor’s race a few days before the list was announced.

The list has been now been pared down to Boston, Detroit, New York and Miami. Just remember, you read it here first on April 11 that both 2004 conventions will be in New York City.

Life after Enron:I had heard they were going to do this, but had forgotten all about it until five minutes ago. I finally got around to opening the new Playboy, which arrived yesterday in its black, plastic wrapper. The cover pictoral features “The Women of Enron.”

Crack head architect: Just what we need – another massive phallic symbol at the site of the World Trade Center. Forget security, forget memorials and forget whatever arguments you want to make against this. It’s pretty much been effectively proven that economics will dictate that buildings taller than 80 stories are money losers. Not to mention that this one is damn ugly.

Y2Khai: Phil sent this to me a week ago, and I thought it was pretty damn funny.

Whoops: Okay, so she didn’t Google “Richard Florida sucks.” But somebody did. See comments on post below.

Another Pittsburgh blogger? Based on her comments and the fact that she appears to have come to me by doing a “Richard Florida sucks” Google search, I think she may be a ‘burgh babe. (I’ve also been getting a lot of Google hits along the lines of “Asian massage parlor hand job” as of late. Not sure what the hell that’s all about.)

And another thing: Before you comment your little hearts out: I know I’ve spent a lot of time bitching about the Pirates and PNC Park, but it is, undeniably, a great ballpark. The least I can do is support it, or attend a game as my company supports it. I have met people who were so upset by the stadiums they refuse to attend games. To me, that’s silly, but it’s their choice. I figure if it’s there, you should use it if you want to. After all, if you buy anything in this county, portions of a one percent add-on sales tax will go to pay for it, so you can argue that it’s partly yours.