tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320959265040712836.post6080656180605121061..comments2023-04-05T03:12:29.259-05:00Comments on I, Rodius: Cognitive DissonanceI, Rodiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08199985322178825076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320959265040712836.post-74553693701394465772009-11-22T00:24:08.181-06:002009-11-22T00:24:08.181-06:00And it's called Lady Bird Lake now, Town Lake ...And it's called Lady Bird Lake now, Town Lake before Mrs. Johnson died, despite the fact that while it traverses through the boundaries of Austin, it looks and behaves nothing like a lake.I, Rodiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199985322178825076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320959265040712836.post-45441973288648491422009-11-21T16:47:14.938-06:002009-11-21T16:47:14.938-06:00Okay, you made me look: I had no idea there was a...Okay, you made me look: I had no idea there was a Colorado River in Texas until a friend (who is from Colorado) spent a couple of days in Austin and referred to a bridge over the Colorado River while he was there.<br /><br />We had an ensuing argument over the fact that "the Colorado River" in Texas is not THE Colorado River, which originates in the Rocky Mountains and flows southwest from Colorado through Utah, Arizona (in the the Grand Canyon), California and eventually empties into the Pacific Ocean.<br /><br />There are similar disagreements over water rights with the more northern Colorado river... between recreation, irrigation and residential development, there is not enough to go around.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074534319448898876noreply@blogger.com