A game of millimeters

I had never heard the phrase "acute trimalleolar fracture" until Tuesday morning in Grandview. That won't stop me from saying Josh Mandel and Jimmy Haslam should both be in prison.

One of my favorite Statehouse lobbyists—we’ll call him “Paulie Walnuts”—was taking my ass to the cleaners last week about not wearing a helmet during my bike rides.

“How old are you?” he asked.

“Old enough to know better,” I conceded. The conversation ended with me promising to buy a helmet when I got my No. 1 bike, affectionately named Holy Roller, out o…