Category Archive: Safety
Thoughts on a Crime Spree
This is not a crime spree or a crime wave, but a crime tide that shows little sign of receding. I watched the Greenspan interviews. Did you? He’s the last rat off of that ship – everyone else aboard the Bush Titanic will be dragged down in the undertow. That includes local politicians too. Do you know when the price of gas will come down? Never, the dollar has devalued too significantly relative to other world currencies. Result? Inflation on all basic goods. Ready yourself for it. I still hear the politician spouting no-tax pledges. And this passes for prudent social guardianship? Unfortunately friend, the piece of paper in your pocket with George Washington on it isn’t the same today as it was yesterday.
Robbery + Bike = Sadness
The pharmacy robbery on Friday was cause for some alarm, especially considering that the guy ended up in our neighborhood – in that situation is it more nerve-wracking to be home or away from your home? But the “crime wave” didn’t stop there. I stopped at the Grand Theater on Friday night to visit with some coworkers and see a bit of the show. The night quickly went downhill when I was getting ready to leave only to find that my bike, which I had parked inside, was now nowhere to be found. At first I thought somebody was playing a joke on me, but as it turns out, over $150 was stolen from the dressing rooms that night during the performance, and my bike was apparently a bonus.