Story of the day

PSYCHOSES

This is hilarious.

A Norwalk woman once recognized as "nurse of the year" was arrested Thursday after an investigation found that she's not really a nurse ... [Her employer] and his employees' belief that Lichtenstein was a nurse was reinforced when in November 2008 she was honored as "2008 Nurse of the Year" by the Connecticut Nursing Association.

The investigation determined, however, that the Connecticut Nursing Association does not exist and that Lichtenstein used $2,000 of her own money to stage the dinner, according to the warrant.

One might think that after the Clark Rockefeller episode—and myriad episodes like it—would-be scammers would realize that they'll be detected. Fortunately, for those of us highly amused by stories like these, they keep on thinking they can get away with it.

On another note, I'll be taking my annual weekly sojourn in the Berkshires starting today, so posting may be light for the next seven days. However, with America's best small-city newspaper at my disposal, one never knows.