WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

A bearded reporter whose mug shot runs in the paper twice a week received this email from a reader:

"What do you have in common with Nate Tannenbaum, our D.A. and X-Mayor Goodman ... ?

"You all need a shave ... you all look DIRTY. You do not look clean.

"Your family must be proud of a dirty looking 'man'

"Mr Eddie

"Henderson

"Take a shower... shave ... be a man!"

We were tempted to forward Mr. Eddie a picture of Abraham Lincoln, Santa Claus or, perhaps, Zach Galifianakis, but decided that Mr. Eddie was not likely to be swayed.

After all, his email included animated smiley faces to punctuate his point. The smileys were vomiting.

RICHARD LAKE

Math was never Sheriff Doug Gillespie's strong suit as a student, a frequent frustration for his father, an electrical engineer.

Decades later, the county's top cop spends much of his time juggling numbers as his Metropolitan Police Department struggles through multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls. It's an irony that his now-dead father surely notices, Gillespie said.

"I know he's up there chuckling at me with the budget and all these numbers going on," he said.

BRIAN HAYNES

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @andrewssports (Sports betting blogger Chris Andrews) I almost bet the Minn-UNLV game under last night. Glad I didn't. It would have been a shame to commit suicide on opening night.

BONUS TWEET: @KegsnEggs (Bleacher Report college football writer Adam Kramer) I had this horrible dream last night that I stayed up until 2 AM watching UNLV-Minnesota. Oh God, Wait ...

BONUS BONUS TWEET: @Jerry414 (stand-up comic Jeremy Arroyo) If the saying "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," were true, we wouldn't know the phrase.