Week in Review: Reporters’ Notebook

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Ken Lustig came up with a great way to reassure a nervous female visitor to the Nevada Test and Training Range before she pulled the trigger on a .50-caliber sniper rifle on Thursday.

"Women are typically betters shots than men," Lustig said. "That's because they have a greater concentration of slow-twitch muscles."

Um, OK, Lieutenant. I bet you say that to all the girls.

LYNNETTE CURTIS

Mafara Hobson, a spokesman for Students First, which is running political ads in Las Vegas, was stupefied when asked what she would tell people tired of watching political advertising.

"I am an avid television watcher," she said. "I've never been in a situation where people are like, 'I'm so sick of that commercial.' "

Apparently Hobson has never heard the phrase, "In a wreck, need a check."

JAMES HAUG

One of the many things Oscar Goodman is known for is his love of Bombay Sapphire Gin and his role as a spokesman for it.

So it was kind of natural for moderator and columnist Steve Friess to ask Carolyn Goodman about her drink of choice at a recent mayoral forum.

She likes: Iced tea, cosmopolitans, Diet Sunkist and water.

"I don't think any of those are going to give you a sponsorship," Friess said.

ALAN CHOATE

If you're reading this right now, one of two things have happened: The much-publicized Rapture that was predicted to happen Saturday failed to materialize. Or the end did come, and you were "left behind" because of your wicked, wicked ways.

Frankly, in Las Vegas, the odds are about 50-50 either way.

Give me a call if you want to get some breakfast later.

HENRY BREAN

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @nprfreshair (NPR's "Fresh Air" promoting a show on Area 51): Tomorrow: our show does not exist.