Friday, December 16, 2005

Jackass


The mayor of Duluth was arrested when he crashed his car in Wisconsin when he was drunk. Here's the story.

"Bergson was arrested on Friday, after he crashed his car against a guardrail near Spooner, Wis. Authorities said he had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit.

Witnesses said he asked them not to call authorities and enlisted their help in freeing his car."

He said he won't ever drink again. "Really, I'm never going to drink again, honest....until the next time." Yeah we've heard that before.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Minneapolis Drops to Second Most Literate City

According to an article in USA Today, Seattle is this year's most literate city. Minneapolis takes second place after leading the poll last year.

Interestingly enough, St. Paul came out tied for ninth place with Cincinati. According to the methodology a variety of factors were considered when ranking the cities, including newspaper circulation, library services, number of retail bookstores, and internet usage.

So, why is it that St. Paul, who has a better library system, came out in ninth place?