This is slightly out of date, but I was tired yesterday (and out late covering a really boring event). I did a story on new proposals for ignition interlock systems for drunk drivers in Maryland. These devices are basically breathalizers hook to your ignition. Too much alcohol on your breath, and the car won’t start.

I picked up a memo from AAA outside the hearing room where the bill was being discussed. Sure enough, 3/4ths down the page in the bullet points: “While interlocks are not a panacea, they certainly keep the roads safer while these devices are in place.”

On the same day, I covered a press conference with Sarah Brady, wife of James Brady of Reagan-assassination-attempt fame. She was supposed to be accompanied by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the United States. To my incredible dismay, he couldn’t make it. I wanted to be able to say I was in the same room as that beard, but now, my dreams will have to adjust to a slightly less-fulfilling life.