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I think of the trooper's insight whenever I read the French novelist Jean Echenoz, perhaps our foremost contemporary bard of boredom, whose eccentric biographical novel about inventor Nicola Tesla, "Lightning," has just been published in English.

A Window Onto Comic Tedium Sam Sacks 2011

A Maryland State trooper was injured Wednesday night on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County when the trooper's vehicle was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene, authorities said.

Trooper injured in collision on Beltway Erica Johnston 2010

Lewis, remember, is the man who put his life on the line and his head in the way of a state trooper's billy club on March 7, 1965--"Bloody Sunday"--in Selma, Alabama.

Linda R. Monk, J.D.: #occupydc: Just Get In the Way J.D. Linda R. Monk 2011

(You could see a shadow of the trooper's hat in the photo.)

Part of the "fun" (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

The father pulls off the highway after seeing a state trooper's flashing lights.

Will others follow Arizona's lead on immigration? 2010

Lewis, remember, is the man who put his life on the line and his head in the way of a state trooper's billy club on March 7, 1965--"Bloody Sunday"--in Selma, Alabama.

Linda R. Monk, J.D.: #occupydc: Just Get In the Way J.D. Linda R. Monk 2011

Lewis, remember, is the man who put his life on the line and his head in the way of a state trooper's billy club on March 7, 1965--"Bloody Sunday"--in Selma, Alabama.

Linda R. Monk, J.D.: #occupydc: Just Get In the Way J.D. Linda R. Monk 2011

An occupied state police car was damaged when a tree fell on it in a state trooper's driveway in North Kingstown, White says.

Irene leaves up to half of Rhode Island without power 2011

Lewis, remember, is the man who put his life on the line and his head in the way of a state trooper's billy club on March 7, 1965--"Bloody Sunday"--in Selma, Alabama.

Linda R. Monk, J.D.: #occupydc: Just Get In the Way J.D. Linda R. Monk 2011

But it was determined the trooper's response to my request for ID was 'inappropriate in the circumstances.'

Howdy do (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009