BUSTED: Paying the price for ignoring the government shutdown. “Rangers don’t take kindly to publicly mocking the government shutdown by riding a motorcycle through a closed national park. That’s especially true when you write a piece about it.” Yeah, well, since it was a political stunt designed to punish taxpayers for political gain, I’m happy with the mockery. But read the whole thing for much amusement. “The adorable court reporter looked up from her typing and flashed me a sly smile. Her blue eyes were bright with the look fathers pray they’ll never see their daughter give a boy dumb enough to ride a motorcycle and wind up in court over it.”

Plus, the joys of cleaning public restrooms. I had a job where I had to do that in high school. It was indeed education, especially the women’s room, which was always worse.