First off, it's been awile since I have posted anything. Busy busy time in my life. I finished my first novel and have sent it off to the publisher. We are rehearsing three nights a week, and spending weekends building sets and promoting the show ( Rocky Horror) It has been quite a time.

       This is sort of different topic (then again what isn’t for me?) but I need to touch on inner city life. My wife and I are again involved in a show in local theater (as stated above) and were downtown for a rehearsal last Monday. Rehearsal went very well. We left the theater and walked twenty feet from the theater door to our car.

        Actually we walked to the space our car used to be. It was gone and had been replaced by another car! I called the police hoping that my car had been towed since it had been parked illegally by a yellow curb. They hadn’t done that. The car was stolen. We are talking about a car that was eleven years old and a cheap car then. (a Saturn 2 door coupe.)

        Apparently there are skeleton keys available now for older Saturns, mini-vans and Hondas. The thieves walk up, try the key and drive away with your car. No glass breaking, slim jims, or illegal looking stuff. Walk up and go. The only defense is an alarm system or a club. A club is only around thirty bucks, so we got one now.

           To finish the tale, later that night, we got a call. The police found our car, and we needed to come get it asap. It was still running and was headfirst into a telephone pole. Not much body damage, but the radio was yanked out, and they boogered up the dash when they did that. The electrical system was also fouled up and out power windows are stuck ‘down.’ The car is at the shop today, hopefully the bill won’t be too high.

        As it is an older car we only have liability insurance, so the entire cost of repair is on us. Moral of the story, buy a club. Yes, I feel dopey putting it on, but it beats having a car stolen.