another day, huh?
Mar. 20th, 2003 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamomI had a short gig for a French professor's retirement party last night (five, count 'em, five guys including the guest of honour were wearing long, thin leather ties à la Honeymoon Suite circa 1985 -- must be a favourite French fashion statement), from which I raced to my weekly swimming class. However, I had forgotten my lock on the desk at home (my mom was using it last week when she was here), and when I returned to my unlocked locker after the class, my fucking PANTS were gone, along with my wallet, cash and car keys.
I immediately ran outside in my trunks and sandals to make sure the car was still there (it was, thank God, because my sax was in the trunk and it's fairly irreplaceable, a vintage French tenor made in 1963), and then went to the phone and cancelled the three credit cards I had in my wallet. After searching the locker room, I thankfully found my pants in another locker, but I never found my keys or wallet anywhere.
In the end, I guess I was lucky in that the guy who drove me home from my swim class (and then back to the pool to get my car with my wife's keys) is a locksmith, and he's coming back after work today to change the locks on my house. I'll have to get the car re-keyed too though, since the thieves now have my home address from my driver's license and could just as easily slip off with my car in the night.
Funny little thing though -- throughout that entire episode, even at the moment I realized what had happened, I didn't even feel a shudder of adrenaline, excitement, anger, or anything. I was utterly dispassionate about the whole thing. It felt a bit odd, actually, since I expected at least to feel anger towards the perps.
Anyway, I filed a police report by phone, and they gave me a tip which I thought I should pass along to anyone who doesn't already do this: don't carry your social insurance card (social security card in the States, I think) with you in your wallet, because if you lose your wallet someone could create a new identity with it. Same goes for your birth certificate, but I don't carry that with me.
Awoke to continuous radio news reports that the bombing has begun too, which I expected yet was still disappointed by. LJ is warmly abuzz with discussion and commentary, and I thought I'd post a few links that I've seen so far this morning.
From![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vyoma, here.
Fromwickenden, here.
Frominfandous2, here; it's about how to get an Arabic perspective.
And if you ever wanted to meet a HUGE news junkie, I just discovered that it'sbutsz, whose community theworld is burgeoning with relevant news links about what's happening right now. Found from his war post here.
Question: What is everyone's preferred online source for news right now? Post your favourite links, please.
Another question: Do you support the US-led attacks or not? The concensus is about 50/50 on the radio call-in shows up here, which surprises me a bit. I would think that there would be less support in general from Canadians, but of course, call-in shows don't make up a statistically valid, representative sample, so who the hell knows.
I immediately ran outside in my trunks and sandals to make sure the car was still there (it was, thank God, because my sax was in the trunk and it's fairly irreplaceable, a vintage French tenor made in 1963), and then went to the phone and cancelled the three credit cards I had in my wallet. After searching the locker room, I thankfully found my pants in another locker, but I never found my keys or wallet anywhere.
In the end, I guess I was lucky in that the guy who drove me home from my swim class (and then back to the pool to get my car with my wife's keys) is a locksmith, and he's coming back after work today to change the locks on my house. I'll have to get the car re-keyed too though, since the thieves now have my home address from my driver's license and could just as easily slip off with my car in the night.
Funny little thing though -- throughout that entire episode, even at the moment I realized what had happened, I didn't even feel a shudder of adrenaline, excitement, anger, or anything. I was utterly dispassionate about the whole thing. It felt a bit odd, actually, since I expected at least to feel anger towards the perps.
Anyway, I filed a police report by phone, and they gave me a tip which I thought I should pass along to anyone who doesn't already do this: don't carry your social insurance card (social security card in the States, I think) with you in your wallet, because if you lose your wallet someone could create a new identity with it. Same goes for your birth certificate, but I don't carry that with me.
Awoke to continuous radio news reports that the bombing has begun too, which I expected yet was still disappointed by. LJ is warmly abuzz with discussion and commentary, and I thought I'd post a few links that I've seen so far this morning.
From
vyoma, here.From
wickenden, here.From
infandous2, here; it's about how to get an Arabic perspective.And if you ever wanted to meet a HUGE news junkie, I just discovered that it's
butsz, whose community theworld is burgeoning with relevant news links about what's happening right now. Found from his war post here.Question: What is everyone's preferred online source for news right now? Post your favourite links, please.
Another question: Do you support the US-led attacks or not? The concensus is about 50/50 on the radio call-in shows up here, which surprises me a bit. I would think that there would be less support in general from Canadians, but of course, call-in shows don't make up a statistically valid, representative sample, so who the hell knows.
