Good week, Bad week

Good week for:

A penny saved, after a rare 1793 U.S. penny was sold for $1.4 million at an auction in Orlando—a record amount for a U.S. copper coin sold at auction.

Charlie Sheen, who announced this week that he’d given up his goddesses, “winning,” and bizarre rants. “I’m not crazy anymore,” Sheen said. He described the new Charlie as a single dad who is devoted to his children and is “much more rooted in reality.”

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Eating in peace, after a restaurant in Portsmouth, N.H., posted a sign that said “No Politicians, No Exceptions” in the days before the Republican primary. Employee Jessica Labrie explained that customers were complaining that constant visits from presidential candidates were disrupting their meals.

Bad week for:

Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, a Wisconsin man who changed his name from Jeffrey Drew Wilschke, after he was arrested for possession of marijuana and a knife.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who donned a Denver Broncos jersey and “Tebowed”—dropping to one knee with his hand prayerfully on his forehead—after losing a bet to Denver’s mayor. Last week, Tim Tebow and the Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs.

The male of the species, after physicist Stephen Hawking, who is renowned for his work on the most complex questions of astrophysics, admitted he’s stumped by one topic he thinks about often. “Women,” said Hawking. “They are a complete mystery.”