Catching up

So I got the pins out of my wrist, and I feel better. Better enough that I'm actually typing this with my left hand and at least three fingers of the right. That's a distinct improvement. Meanwhile:

• Kwame Kilpatric's trial goes to jury
  
• He pays his last two months' worth of restitution with money from his mother
  
• The state gov't discovers what I've known for years: L. Brooks Patterson is a looney
  
• Ann Arbor acknowledges that its public art program might need a bit of tweaking
  
• Press got its knickers twisted over "access" to the President playing ... golf? As in, they actually wanted to watch golf?
  
• The pope finally took my advice and resigned