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returntoshore is asking the opposite of my 'worst great books' question and wants to know about which great books one was surprised to like. I want to know, too. If you're feeling adventurous you can go answer in her journal.

Squaresville news

You can tell its autumn because the Saturday weddings/engagements/anniversary section has shrunk to a single page.

There are some interesting developments in the teen murder case I've been following. A teenage girl is suspected of killing her mother with the help of her boyfriend, a male friend, and a chumpy accomplice. The chumpy accomplice has pled guilty as an accessory to hide evidence and has a light sentance that includes three years of probation and six months of community service. The daughter has just pled not guilty. The mother's body was found in the back of a Subaru where it had been for apparently a month. The neighbors finally called the police after they noticed the three teens appeared to be living at the house and they hadn't seen the mom for a while.

In other local news: there has been a lot more ire about school funding issues in Weld county. I live in Boulder county, which is probably one of the most liberal counties in the state. Home of the notoriously fruity Boulder, CO (which is not the same hippie haven it used to be, but that's another story). It is right next to Weld county, which is notoriously libertarian. Because Weld county has relatively no rules, next to Boulder's extremely rigid rules (such as the city of Boulder's 'no growth' policy) a lot of the developments in the area have built in Weld. There are fewer taxes and rules to get around. But now these developments are large enough to start developing civic problems. Such as mail delivery, trash removal, and the need for schools.

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