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Tokyo, 2010.03.09

In keeping with my attempts at keeping abreast of events in "the old country", I came across an interesting item from The Big Game.

During the gold medal round of the Men's Hockey event at the Olympics, an estimated 80% of the country watched the game. That's 27 million people.

The water utility in Edmonton released a graph of water usage in the city that showed how the high viewership of the game impacted that usage. It's amazing.

I wonder what televised events could cause this to happen in Japan?

rand()m quote

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

—George Bernard Shaw