Archive for January 12th, 2011

Book geekery.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

By way of TJIC, I found this nifty little query page that lists the NYT bestsellers for your birth week (both fiction and non-fiction).

I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that I’ve only read one book on the list for my birth week. On the one hand, NYT bestseller lists seem to be dominated by a fair amount of transient crud; on the other hand, I’ve actually read more of the books on TJIC’s list (three total) than my own. (Believe it or not, I’ve read Boss. Within the past couple of years, even. And the closest I’ve ever been to Chicago is changing planes in the airport.)

I am halfway tempted to start a project of blogging my way through the books for my birth week, just for grins.

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From the APD blotter.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

This happened Friday night, but we’re only just now hearing about it:

Police arrested two men on Sixth Street for DWI. One was riding a horse; the other one was riding a mule.

(Statesman link includes dashcam video.)

It appears that the DWI charge against the horse rider have been dropped, but police are going forward with the DWI charge against the guy on the mule. In addition,

police plan to charge both men with another crime now: public intoxication, an offense for which they face up to a $500 fine.

(The horse and mule are apparently being held at an animal hospital in Elgin; ownership of the two animals has not been established.)

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Nihilists!

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

From the NYT:

The police said they were reviewing the details of their calls to the home of Jared L. Loughner, who was described by a friend as having embraced nihilism.

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