In case you missed this amusing little nugget, the other day, a settlement offer in a lawsuit over who owns the beige suit worn by O.J. Simpson on the day the verdict was read in his criminal included the option of donating the thing to the Smithsonian Institution. Trouble is, nobody asked the Smithsonian whether they wanted the damn thing in the first place. And as it turns out, they don't. At all.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will not be collecting O.J. Simpson's suit. The decision was made by the museum's curators together with the director.

If you're concerned about average D.C. street crime (and who isn't), you really need to be reading Borderstan on a regular basis. The blog has been doing a consistently great job of warning residents about the everyday muggings and burglaries that mostly go unreported by larger media outlets, and this week has been no exception. Note this report of a 9 a.m. mugging bank robbery on K Street: D.C. police were searching for a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying robbery suspect on Monday who successfully mugged some unsuspecting pedestrian. "And you have to love the irony of mugger in a suit on K Street." Indeed. (Hat tip City Desk). UPDATE: As noted in comments, this particular crime appears to have been a bank robbery and not a mugging. My praise of Borderstan's general vigilance about street crime still stands, though. more ›