Water sports

So the Austin newspaper goes looking for extravagant water users in this drought summer and finds that the top of the list is - Lance Armstrong.

"A total of 222,900 gallons of water was used at Armstrong's home, according to the most recent city records available. That's about what 26 average Austin households use in a month."

To his credit, he 'fessed up and said he'd fix it - and that he's noticed the bills had been a little high.

Oh, come now, Lance: surely you don't mind a $1,603 monthly water tab.

Like a lot of guys who come into money, he hired an architect and a designer to build him a home. And, as in almost every other similar case, it's ugly and inefficient. You can GIS for some photos. I've never understood edifice rex but it's his money.

ObRelief: At least it's not oceanfront.