Events

That's what Fallows says the headline should be: Here is the headline in the online home page of the NYT, about Obama's "pass this jobs bill, pass it now" proposal. Note the word "fails": Obama's Jobs Bill Fails in Senate in First Legislative Test The subhead and the rest of the article make clear that more Senators voted for the bill than against it -- 50 to 49. It would have been 51-48 except for a parliamentary ruse by Majority Leader Harry Reid, who switched to a "No" vote so that he would later be...

San Antonio

I'm in San Antonio on business. I brought The Rogue with me, and this week's Economist. Unfortunately, I finished both on the flight down. Worse, I left my Kindle at home. Fortunately, there's a Barnes & Noble just a short distance away. Because what I really need right now is more books.

From reader DC, I present...Dog: And for those who were never children, "Ralph" is the mouse with the motorcycle.

Forty five years ago today, Simon and Garfunkel released Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," "The Dangling Conversation," "7 O'Clock News"—you can hear the '60s happening right on your iPod. Which is, in fact, what I am about to do.

I had some time yesterday afternoon, and the weather in Chicago was gorgeous, so I hopped on my bike. But where to go? How about on a route that was largely clear of traffic and had recently been swept clean by the city, like, say, this one. Good choice: I don't think I've ever ridden on cleaner roads in my life. Only, I left home too early, so near 18th and Ashland I caught up with the street sweepers: A dozen blocks farther on I had to wind my way through the garbage trucks, and then near 31st St I...

The women's leaders, Ethiopian Ejegayehu Dibaba, 29, and Russian Liliya Shobukhova, 33, run past the 9 km point during today's Chicago Marathon: 7:58 am CDT today, ISO-400, f/5 at 1/400, 55mm, here. At this writing Shobukhova is in the lead on a 5:17 pace with Dibaba 56 seconds behind her at the 30 km timing pad. And she has followers:

No, not for the Chicago Marathon, currently underway a city block from me. (Parker and I were cheering the runners on for the past hour.) Rather, Chicago yesterday set a record for most consecutive days with 100% sunshine since records began in the 1870s: With 100 percent sunshine today, it marks the 7th straight such day this month - tying the old record set back in October 10-16, 1934. A new October record could be set, if [Sunday], as forecast, turns out to be another day with 100 percent sunshine....

Apparently a lot of people are interested in time zones. Here's The Daily Parker's traffic this week: Sat 2011-10-014,239 Sun 2011-10-02 3,727 Mon 2011-10-03 4,206 Tue 2011-10-04 5,497 Wed 2011-10-05 4,049 Thu 2011-10-0677,558 Fri 2011-10-07127,023 Fortunately my server seems to be keeping up. I expect that my ISP is unhappy with me, though.