Tucson

TucsonTucson

……A Visit to the Old PuebloA Visit to the Old Pueblo

BackgroundBackground

• Founded in 1821

• Population of 1,020,200

• Essentially a giant strip mall

Attractions – The ThingAttractions – The Thing

• What could it be?– An alien spaceship?– Tupac’s brain?– No one knows.

• One satisfied customer wrote “If you need gas, or really have to pee, then you should stop here. Otherwise, you can avoid it. The Thing is just a mummified body.”

Attractions- Biosphere 2Attractions- Biosphere 2 • Used to explore the

complex web of interactions within life systems in a structure that includes five separate ecosystems.

• Very Boring.• Good selection of

space ice cream in gift shop.

Hockey- The Ice CatsHockey- The Ice Cats

• Part of the ACHA• Currently hold a face melting 3-9-1

record

Work and Learning Work and Learning ExperiencesExperiences

• You can help me with TA work• This is generally what my desk looks

like.• I recently acquired a bonzai tree for it.

But SeriouslyBut Seriously

• Tucson is pretty tight

• This is the street where I live

• There are a bunch of cool restaurants and shops and there’s often some fun event happening.

• There’s also a trolley.

• This is my favorite bar, Hotel Congress.

• Its down the street from where I live.• Drinks are cheap in Tucson.

OutdoorsOutdoors

• There are also a bunch of nice hikes.

• Here are the seven falls at the end of the Sabino Canyon trail, sometimes you can go swimming in the pools.

ConclusionConclusion• So basically you should

come if you get a chance this semester, I think if would be fun.

• Also for some reason the Tucson Bureau of Tourism asked me to give you these numbers on life expectancy differences between men and women.

U.S. Male Life expectancy

U.S. Female Life expectancy

73.4 years 80.1 years

Ratio of women to men at The Villages (the largest retirement community in the U.S.)

10:1

Also, they gave me these Also, they gave me these statistics:statistics:Patrick Patrick

• Expected Lifespan: 152 years• Expected cause of death: Ferrari drag race• Diseases: Unknown• What a lumberjack