Sunday, February 6, 2011

It takes an intelligent man to be spectacularly stupid

I suppose I could start with excuses here, but I won't.  After three days of bouncing back and forth I finally landed in the home of a dear friend that will be my base here in the SF Bay Area.  It has become normal when I do this kind of relocation to pack a lot of stuff; two large suitcases, a carry on, my laptop bag, and my CPAP.  Oh, and my hat, jacket, water bottle, and whatever book I am reading.  I need a personal porter.

So, when I finally landed here in Oakland (that is an important point) I was tired of lugging this crap around.  And that is when I got stupid.  You know where this is going right?  Yeah.  I left stuff in the truck over night on the street in Oakland.  So in a simple smash and grab some individual walked off with my laptop bag.  Laptop, backup HD, and camera...  all gone.  And to add insult to injury, they looked thru the clothes and such in the other bags, and left them.

The big loss, as always, is the data.  Pictures, documents, etc.  I believe I have a backup on the HD in Seattle.  But it will be awhile before I am up there again.  Damn.