Some facts about Shenzhen, China, one of the world's largest cities you've never heard of:

• Population in 1979: 25,000
• Population in 2007: 14 million
• Tallest building in 1979: 5-story military barrack
• Tallest building in 2009: 69-story Shun Hing Square
• Compound annual economic growth between 1979 and 1989: 49.7 percent
• Number of times I fell asleep during a one-hour massage at the Ritz-Carlton Shenzhen's spa: two

Rick Pitino and Karen Sypher
The guy wears khakis and a University of Louisville polo with pasta stains. He issues strange rants, invoking 9/11, Ted Kennedy and the Khmer Rouge. The woman sports a low-cut dress and handcuffs, and sips a mojito telling everyone that she only leaves the house to go to church. Bonus: Get a second guy to dress up as Pitino's assistant, Vinnie Tatum: that costume involves just laying facedown on the floor.

Southern Belles: Louisville

Last week I covered "Six favorites from six months of living in Louisville." In the interest of being fair and/or balanced, here are six aspects of life in The Ville that I'm not so keen about.

Jerry Abramson's subsidizing his vanity with our tax dollars